Ironclad Warship U.S.S. Cairo

Author: Flavio Cocco
Class: C2
Type: Ironclad Warship
Name: U.S.S. Cairo
Category: Senior
Scale: 1:100
Width: 155 mm
Height: 288 mm

The USS Cairo was a steam-propelled ironclad warship. She had a wooden hull, 53 m long, 15.6 m wide, and 1.8m drought. Cairo was equipped with two steam engines connected to a 6.7 m diameter paddlewheel which guaranteed a maximum speed of 4 knots.