Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTIL cotton was used as boat armor in the American Civil War.www.amusingplanet.comexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL cotton was used as boat armor in the American Civil War.www.amusingplanet.comQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square7linkfedilink
minus-squareteyrnon@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoIt was used in the Battle of New Orleans as well, the War of 1812, on land the US militias sheltered behind large cotton Bales while firing.
minus-squareNoSpotOfGround@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoIt was also used as splinter padding by the Japanese navy, in the form of rolled-up hammocks, shown here at the battle of Tsushima: They continued using hammocks this way well into WW2, although I don’t understand how the increased risk of fire wasn’t a problem.
It was used in the Battle of New Orleans as well, the War of 1812, on land the US militias sheltered behind large cotton Bales while firing.
It was also used as splinter padding by the Japanese navy, in the form of rolled-up hammocks, shown here at the battle of Tsushima:
They continued using hammocks this way well into WW2, although I don’t understand how the increased risk of fire wasn’t a problem.