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AFTERNOON. THANK YOU. THE USS CUMBERLAND -- THE WRECK OF THE SHIP IS IN HAMPTON RHODES. IT'S AN EMBLEM THAT YOU SEE THERE. WE WORK FOR THE NAVY HERITAGE...
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| 00:25:30 |
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HERE'S THE PROBLEM. WHAT WE DID, MAGNETIC SCANS OF THE CUMBERLAND, THAT'S WHAT ALL CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNTS SAY. WE ARE ONLY A BEE THAT CAN STING ONCE....
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| 00:26:07 |
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ARCHITECTURE WHO PUT IT ON THE FIRST TIME AND SAILED FOR FROM ONE SIDE OF THE AT ATLANTIC BEFORE THAT, THEY AUTHORIZED THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE RAM...
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| 00:28:12 |
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THE POSITIVE NATURE OF THE MERRIMAC, DO WE KNOW WHAT THE ARMOUR WOULD HAVE BEEN? >> THERE WAS A SMALL --
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| 00:28:20 |
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WHAT I WOULD FIND SURPRISING ABOUT THE HAMPTON ROADS, THIS IS THE SINGLE BIGGEST DEFEAT AND OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION, CONGRESS KIND OF DID AND WAS ASKED,...
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| 00:28:46 |
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RIGHT. I WAS FOLLOWING UP ON THAT QUESTION. >> SO THE 15-INCH
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| 00:28:51 |
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DAHLGREN, WE DO KNOW WHAT PENETRATES, WHETHER IT WAS NEVER MEANT TO PENETRATE BECAUSE IT WAS A SPEAR CAL SHELL. I WOULD SAY THAT THE EVIDENCE IS INCONCLUSIVE...
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| 00:29:48 |
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DR. HACKER FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND FOR PUTTING TO THE A PANEL. I'M HAPPY TO BE ONE OF THREE PAPERS TALKING ABOUT, IN SOME ASPECT, CONFEDERATE...
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| 00:51:25 |
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ALL RIGHT. CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME? LOUD ENOUGH? DOES IT WORK? ALL RIGHT. EVERY ASPECT OF THE WAR, FROM DIPLOMACY, TO LOGISTICS AND MORALE THE CONFEDERATES...
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| 01:10:06 |
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WAS EVER HOPE FOR THE CONFEDERATE NAVY? BECAUSE EVEN IF THEY HAD A TEMPORARY ASYMMETRIC ADVANTAGE WITH THE IRON CLADS, THEIR SUCCESS WOULD HAVE BEEN...
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| 01:10:18 |
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RIGHT. I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH THAT. YOU COULDN'T KEEP UP WITH THE NORTHERN CAPACITY. YOU COULD LOOK FOR TEMPORARY WINDS HERE AND THERE BUT TRUTH...
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| 01:10:33 |
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WOULD YOU SAY IT WAS WORTH THE
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| 01:10:34 |
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INVESTMENT? >> I WOULD SAY. IF THEY HAD POOLED ALL THEIR RESOURCES, MAYBE IT COULD HAVE MADE A BETTER IMPACT OR IF THEY HAD MORE NAVAL AND COMPETENT,...
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| 01:11:01 |
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FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT SOME INITIAL RESULTS OF WHAT IS A LONG-TERM RESEARCH PROJECT ON THE OPERATIONAL HISTORY OF TORPEDO BOATS. ...
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| 01:36:20 |
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CUREIOSITY. WHAT WAS THE MAXIMUM SPEED THAT SPAR TORPEDO BOATS WERE CAPABLE OF IN 1864? >> WELL, THAT
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| 01:36:32 |
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REALLY DEPENDS FROM VESSEL TO VESSEL BECAUSE THEY HAD VERY DIFFERENT -- VERY DIFFERENT SETS OF ENGINES INSTALLED. BUT AS A GENERAL RULE OF THUMB, I...
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| 01:37:01 |
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EASILY ALSO, BECAUSE THEY ARE BASICALLY HOPELESS. >>
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| 01:37:06 |
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EXACTLY. ONCE THE ENEMY'S UNDER WAY, YOU HAVE A PROBLEM. BECAUSE THEN HE'S -- EVEN THOUGH YOUR ENEMY HAS PROBABLY A BIGGER SHIP THAT IS NOT AS EASY TO...
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| 01:37:38 |
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COMMENT. THE STUDY THAT YOU'VE DONE ON SPAR TORPEDO BOATS, ITS SUCCESSOR, THE FRENCH SCHOOL OF USING SMALL BOATS AGAINST LARGER VESSEL IN THE WORDS...
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| 01:38:51 |
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THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT. WE HAD A FAIRLY SPIRITED CONVERSATION OVER LUNCH ON WHETHER THE ACTUAL EFFECTIVITY NOW AND I WOULD SAY I'M SLIGHTLY SKEPTICAL....
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