From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #10319 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Tuesday, December 13 2022 Volume 14 : Number 10319 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Super-secret memory program leaked from federal labs ["Sharp Memory" Subject: Super-secret memory program leaked from federal labs Super-secret memory program leaked from federal labs http://turntextrong.us/aTKOj-ISTLZRTRcgDzi2HOCT2aWYLz7FVkhWlHrcR_4uRx6WJw http://turntextrong.us/2-Jg1EQSGgGxDXtxluGbwP91T7bH0CmVhCbzXW2YPSk9Eqw1lQ urthermore, even the relatively modest aim of limited seaworthiness was rarely achieved, since the Confederacy had to make do with repurposed and underpowered machinery that was originally designed to power wooden vessels, and were unsuited for powering the now heavier casemate ironclads, seriously hampering their maneuverability and leading to many grounded Confederate ironclads being unable to free themselves without help. Acutely aware of the fact, the Confederacy's chief naval engineer John L. Porter (co-designer of Virginia, which was likewise powered by her original, wooden frigate engine) had originally envisioned his subsequent casemate ironclad designs to be equipped with superior British-made engines, theoretically giving them a cruising speed of at least ten knots. However, the Union blockade meant that very few such engines reached Confederate naval shipyards, forcing them to do with whatever was on hand (typically, engines stripped from trapped wooden blockade runners), and thus most of their ironclads were not able to surpass a speed of four to six knots at most. As an example, the engines of the first two ironclads of the Charleston Squadron, the CSS Chicora and CSS Palmetto State, were so weak that they were unable to overc ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #10319 ***********************************************