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Armament

6 guns

Battles

Did not participate in any battles, but ran aground near Fort Moultrie

Laid Down: 1864

Launched: March 1864

Commissioned: 1864

Decommissioned: 15 June 1865

Fate: Captured by Union forces 18 February 1865; 10 October 1867

Characteristics

Type: Ironclad steamer

Length: 216 ft.

Beam 51 ft. 4 in.

13 ft. 6 in.

Propulsion: Steam Engine

Luraghi, Ralmondo. A History of the Confederate Navy. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1996. p 286, 336