USS Pittsburgh

**USS Pittsburg** is the sixth mission in *History Civil War: Secret Missions*.

## Walkthrough

"Due to their armor plated construction, Ironclad ships changed naval
warfare during the Civil War. Because of their size and legendary status,
capturing one intact was a rare and valuable asset."

Mission Briefing - U.S.S. Pittsburg:

"Forts Wade and Cobun at Grand Gulf hold an important part of the
Mississippi in an iron grip. We need to secure the area and transport the
troops of Major General John McClernand through the area. The fortress must
be destroyed. Seven ironclad battleships have been dispatched for this
task."

The mission begins inside an ironclade with the CO instructing the men
that the fortress are going to be attacked. The lower defenses will be
attacked first and then the upper defenses. If too much damage is
sustained by the fleet, then it will retreat.

You will man a cannon and have about 20 seconds to practice firing it. Do
so to get the angles needed on the cannon to correctly hit the coast.

CURRENT OBJECTIVES:
- Destroy the lower defense perimeter.
- Destroy all cannon positions (bonus objective).

The first building on the coast will mark where the first of four cannons
are located in the mission for the bonus objective. Aim for the front
left corner and fire at the coast in front of the building to destroy it.

At the right side of the same building, the second cannon can be seen
clearly on the coast. Fire at it to blow it up.

Next, you will see a red building. This is the first target for the lower
defense objective. The third cannon is also right in front of it slightly
obscured by the bushes in front of the target. Lay into the building first
and adjust your cannon down to hit the cannon.

You should be able to see the second target approaching on the right. Aim
higher than you did for the first target to clear trees in the area. If you
'miss' and destroy the trees, adjust a little higher and fire again.

The fourth, and final, cannon is located on the coast in the bushes on the
right end of the second target and the left side of the third target. Aim
at the coast and fire away until it is marked off that it has been
destroyed.

Once the cannon has been taken care of, readjust to hit the third target.

The ironclad will begin turning around to take another shot at the other
fortress located on the opposite shore. The objectives will then update at
this point.

CURRENT OBJECTIVE:
- Destroy the upper defense perimeter.

You will be presented with another three targets which are very far away
from the ship. You will need to aim very high to reach these targets. The
travel time for the cannonballs also increases unfortunately. This make it
difficult to adjust properly. Do you best and fire at one target until it
is destroyed and then move onto the others.

The ship will turn to make one more pass at about the 1:13 mark. This is
your last chance to hit the remaining targets as well as cannons for the
bonus objective if you missed them.

Once all the objectives are destroyed, you will sail down the Mississippi
River where the mission will complete after sailing for a little bit.

At least two achievements should unlock at the Level Statistics screen.
"Grand Gulf" for completing "U.S.S. Pittsburg" and "Colonel".