One of the impetuses behind this series was a desire to understand transition and innovation in the Navy. This model gunboat helps highlight just how the navy learned and grew in its early years. This episode also helps show why the War of 1812 is so important for naval leaders today. Current Chief of Naval Operations Jonathan Greenert briefly tells us just why he studies the War of 1812, and then Dr. Harmon explains how this gunboat would have worked had it been built, and elaborates on the circumstances under which it was designed.

Posted by LTJG Chris O'Keefe in History, Navy, Podcasts
Tags: A History of the Navy in 100 Objects

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• Matthew Hipple

  I wonder if any GM’s decided to have some fun and fire one those cannons while the turret was unsecured. It’d be the world’s best, and most dangerous, merry-go-round!