I once took a trip through southern Mississippi and got to cross a bridge on the Yazoo River. Even today the thickness of the woods and unevenness of the terrain would give pause to any offensive military action.
Excellent telling of the Cairo's sinking. Are you considering doing an episode on her eventual salvage (a fascinating story itself)? Got to visit her resting place/museum in Vicksbug several years ago but schedule did not allow as much time as I wanted. The Cairo the only relatively "complete" Civil War ironclad to exist so I definitely need to get back and spend more time at that facility.
I do intend to cover its salvage in the future. If you want to look at how not to salvage a wreck, Cairo is one of the examples, CSS Neuse is the other. It's a messy, but fun story to look at and share. Very cool. Visiting the Cairo is on my bucket list. I hope you get back to see it as you want too.
I went to go see Cairo and the Vicksburg Military Park. Very cool! I recommend going to the Vicksburg Military Park to everyone. You get a very clear view why it was so hard for the Union Army to take Vicksburg. It’s very hilly and the Confederates had all the high ground. The military stronghold had to be starved into surrendering. Great video!
So irritation and mine hunting don't go well together? Who'd have thought? Her casualties are a marked contrast to those from the mining of the _USS Tecumseh._
Ok, I have to ask because I found it so distracting throughout the video, but is there a different pronunciation of “Cairo” in the US? Is there for example a Cairo, Texas that is pronounced the way Crosser says it throughout the video?
Personally, I actually pronounce it as Kiy-ro off camera as that's how I know it. As for this specific ship, the town it's named after is pronounced as I said it in the video. It was very weird for me to record and listen to because it's also not how I'm used to it.
There was no USS Cairo. American naval vessels did not gain the USS designation until 1907, over 40 years after the war ended. The ship was just plain Cairo.
That's not necessarily true. Executive Order 549 (8 January, 1907) made the USS abbreviation a uniform designation, but it had been regularly used by the navy since 1850-ish. The abbreviation itself appeared at the end of the 18th century, 60 years before Cairo was built. There is absolutely nothing wrong in calling it USS Cairo as it was and still is recognized as such. If we want to get really picky, ships no longer in commission lose the prefix, so USS Enterprise cv-6 should no longer be recognized as USS Enterprise, but absolutely no one thinks of it that way because why would you? It's a very, very trivial subject.
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I once took a trip through southern Mississippi and got to cross a bridge on the Yazoo River. Even today the thickness of the woods and unevenness of the terrain would give pause to any offensive military action.
Excellent telling of the Cairo's sinking. Are you considering doing an episode on her eventual salvage (a fascinating story itself)?
Got to visit her resting place/museum in Vicksbug several years ago but schedule did not allow as much time as I wanted. The Cairo the only relatively "complete" Civil War ironclad to exist so I definitely need to get back and spend more time at that facility.
I do intend to cover its salvage in the future. If you want to look at how not to salvage a wreck, Cairo is one of the examples, CSS Neuse is the other. It's a messy, but fun story to look at and share.
Very cool. Visiting the Cairo is on my bucket list. I hope you get back to see it as you want too.
Nicely done as always, thanks for posting!
I went to go see Cairo and the Vicksburg Military Park. Very cool! I recommend going to the Vicksburg Military Park to everyone. You get a very clear view why it was so hard for the Union Army to take Vicksburg. It’s very hilly and the Confederates had all the high ground. The military stronghold had to be starved into surrendering. Great video!
Do a video on the CSS/USS Texas Ironclad! 😁👍👍🇺🇸
Always great, waiting for the next.
Take care, and all the best.
Kewl. Now we know where the saying "Up the Yazoo!" came from. jk
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David
So irritation and mine hunting don't go well together? Who'd have thought?
Her casualties are a marked contrast to those from the mining of the _USS Tecumseh._
Ok, I have to ask because I found it so distracting throughout the video, but is there a different pronunciation of “Cairo” in the US? Is there for example a Cairo, Texas that is pronounced the way Crosser says it throughout the video?
I've heard it said Kay-ro and Kiy-ro for different Towns in the US. Pretty much specific to the area.
The city in Egypt we pronounce as you would expect. But most notably there is a Cairo Illinois pronounced Kay-ro, the city this ship was named after.
Kay-ro here in south Georgia
Personally, I actually pronounce it as Kiy-ro off camera as that's how I know it. As for this specific ship, the town it's named after is pronounced as I said it in the video. It was very weird for me to record and listen to because it's also not how I'm used to it.
I've been to the town for which she was named, and yes, "kay row" as he pronounced it is correct.
There was no USS Cairo.
American naval vessels did not gain the USS designation until 1907, over 40 years after the war ended.
The ship was just plain Cairo.
That's not necessarily true.
Executive Order 549 (8 January, 1907) made the USS abbreviation a uniform designation, but it had been regularly used by the navy since 1850-ish. The abbreviation itself appeared at the end of the 18th century, 60 years before Cairo was built. There is absolutely nothing wrong in calling it USS Cairo as it was and still is recognized as such.
If we want to get really picky, ships no longer in commission lose the prefix, so USS Enterprise cv-6 should no longer be recognized as USS Enterprise, but absolutely no one thinks of it that way because why would you? It's a very, very trivial subject.