The Carolina Living History Guild had displays about the two other North Carolinas, but I guess to get a true idea of what the ships looked like you'd have to go to Kinston, NC, to see what the CSS North Carolina looked like and Boston, Massachusetts, to get an idea about the USS North Carolina. Those two vessels would be the CSS Neuse II (a full size replica of a Confederate ironclad) and the USS Constitution.
The USS Constitution is a frigate about half the size of the ship-of-the-line vessels, but its decks would be similar.
The article went on to say the Guild had displays about steam engineering, ironclad construction, navigation, small arms of the US and CS Navies, naval ordnance (artillery), uniforms and the "arts of a sailor."
The differences between the two ships and the advance of naval technology would also be discussed.
The Carolina Living History Guild is an organization dedicated to educating the public about the history of the United States spanning the French and Indian War, American Revolution, War of 1812 to the Civil War with particular emphasis on naval and maritime matters.
One member, Andrew Duppstadt, has a blog about the Civil War Navy that I follow. Always an interesting story.
Maybe Next Year. --Old B-Runner
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