CSS Chicora
CSS Chicora
Namesake: Chicora
Ordered: 1862
Laid Down: March 1862
Commissioned: November 1862
Fate: 18 February 1865
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Characteristics
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Displacement: 580 tons
Length: 172 ft. 6 in.
Beam: 35 ft.
Draft: 14 ft.
Propulsion: Steam engine
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Armament
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2 x 9-in smoothbores
4 x 6-in 32-pounder muzzle loading rifles
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Battles
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Raided the Federal blockading force of unarmored ships lying just outisde the entrance to Charleston Harbor.
Engaged other Union ships in a long-range duel
April 7, 1863: Defense of forts at Charleston when attacked by squadron of ironclad monitors. The Federal ships were forced to retire for repairs and did not return to action.
1864: Transporting of troops during the evacuation of Morris Island, and the bombardment of Forts Sumter, Gregg, and Wagner.
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CSS Chicaro. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSS_Chicora. Accessed 13 January 2026
Luraghi, Raimondo. A History of the Confederate Navy. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1996. p 209-210, 337
Stern, Philip Van Doren. The Confederate Navy A Pictorial History. New York: Da Capo Press, 1992. p 130-131, 143-144, 243
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