CSS Charleston
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CSS Charleston was a casemate ironclad ram built for the Confederate Navy (CSN) at Charleston, South Carolina during the American Civil War. Funded by the State of South Carolina as well as donations by patriotic women's associations in the city, she was turned over to the Confederate Navy and defended the city until advancing Union troops that threatened Charleston caused her to be destroyed in early 1865 lest she be captured. Her wreck was salvaged after the war and the remains have been obliterated by subsequent dredging.
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Confederate States | |
Name | Charleston |
Namesake | Charleston, South Carolina |
Ordered | Fall 1862 |
Builder | James M. Eason, Charleston |
Laid down | December 1862 |
Launched | 1863 |
Commissioned | September 1863 |
Nickname(s) | Ladies' Gunboat |
Fate | Destroyed to avoid capture, 17/18 February 1865 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Casemate ironclad |
Displacement | 600 long tons (610 t) |
Length | 189 ft (57.6 m) |
Beam | 34 ft (10.4 m) |
Draft | 12 ft 6 in (3.8 m) |
Propulsion | 1 shaft, 1 steam engine |
Speed | 6 kn (11 km/h; 6.9 mph) |
Complement | 150 officers and men |
Armament |
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Armor | 4 in (102 mm) |
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