CSS Fredericksburg
CSS Fredericksburg (far right) during the Battle of Trent's Reach in 1865
Namesake: Fredericksburg, Virginia
Laid Down: 1862
Launched: June 11, 1863
Commissioned: March 1864
Fate: Destroyed to prevent capture, April 3, 1865
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Characteristics
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Type: Casemate Ironclad
Tonnage: 700 tons
Length: 188 ft.
Beam: 40 ft.
Draft: 9-10 ft. or 13 ft. 6 in.
Depth: 9 ft.
Propulsion: 2 x shafts
2 x direct-action steam engines
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Armament
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1 x 7 in Brooke rifle
2 x 6.4 in Brooke rifle
1 x 10 in Columbiad
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Battles
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James River Squadron
May 29, 1864: suffered boiler damage
October 24, 1864: Battle of Trent's Reach
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CSS Fredericksburg. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSS_Fredericksburg
Luraghi, Raimondo. A History of the Confederate Navy. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1996. p 274, 288, 335
Stern, Philip Van Doren. The Confederate Navy A Pictorial History. New York: Da Capo Press, 1992. p 240
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