Mike Scholl -> RE: Learning as USA..An open Discussion AAR on the April 1861 Campaign (7/9/2007 5:12:35 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Jim D Burns Let's not jump to any rash conclusions please, the USS Michigan was the navys first iron hulled warship. The unit starts off there as part of the game setup and was actually built in 1843, so I'm sure the facilities would still be around in 1861. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Michigan Jim Hi Jim. Michigan wasn't built on the Great Lakes..., she was pre-fabricated, shipped, and assembled there. And not really sizable enough to be considered an "Armoured Frigate" (pretty much a "blue water/high seas" design.) She certainly had an interesting career, but if the Government in the Civil War ordered and paid for an Armoured Steam Frigate, they would have contracted with a specific Shipyard to build it and known where it would "appear". Having it "pop up" by suprise on the Great Lakes should not be an option in the game.
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