CSS Baltic

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Contemporary engraving of the vessel.

The accuracy of the image is not known.

Launched: 1860

Commissioned: May 1862

Decommissioned: July 1864

Captured: May 10, 1865

Fate: Sold, December 31, 1865

Characteristics

Type: Casemate Ironclad

Tonnage: 624 Tons

Length: 186 ft.

Beam: 38 ft.

Draft: 6 to 7 ft.

Propulsion: 2 x steam engines

2 paddles wheels

Armament

2 x Dahlgren guns

2 x 32-pounders

2 x smaller pieces

Battles

Served on Mobile Bay

Feb 63: became too dilapidated and was relegated to placing naval mines to protect Mobile Bay

July 64: Partially dimantled