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CSS Nashville (1853)
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For other ships with the same name, see CSS Nashville.
CSS Nashville was a brig-rigged, side-paddle-wheel passenger steamer that served with the Confederate Navy during the Civil War.
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History | |
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Name | Nashville |
Builder | William Collyer (Greenpoint, NY) |
Launched | 22 Sep 1853 |
Christened | SS Nashville |
Commissioned | (CSN): Oct 1861–Mar 1862 |
Maiden voyage | 4 Jan 1854 |
In service | 4 Jan 1854–28 Feb 1863 |
Renamed |
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Fate | Sunk by USN, 28 February 1863 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 1,221 long tons (1,241 t) |
Length | 215 ft 6 in (65.68 m) |
Beam | 34 ft 6 in (10.52 m) |
Draft | 21 ft 9 in (6.63 m) |
Propulsion | Sails and steam engine |
Complement | 40 officers and men |
Armament | 2 × 12-pounder (5 kg) cannons |
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