CSS Missouri
CSS Rebel Ram Missouri
Armament
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1 x 11-in smoothbore Dahlgren gun
1 x 9-in smoothbore Dahlgren gun
1 x 32-pdr smoothbore siege gun
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Battles
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Low water prevented the Missouri from playing any part in the Red River Campaign
3 June 1865: Surrendered to Union forces, last Confederate ironclad to surrender
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Namesake: Missouri
Ordered: 1 November 1862
Laid Down: December 1862
Launched: 14 April 1863
Commissioned: 19 September 1863
Fate: Surrendered, 3 June 1865
Sold, 29 November 1865
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Characteristics
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Type: Casemate Ironclad
Length: 183 ft.
Beam: 52 ft. 8 in.
Draft: 8 ft. 6 in.
Propulsion: Stern paddle wheel
2 x steam engines
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CSS Missouri. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSS_Missouri Accessed 14 January 2026
Current Richard N., ed. "Laird Rams." Encyclopedia of the Confederacy. Vol II. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. p 903-904
Luraghi, Raimondo. A History of the Confederacy Navy. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1996. p 273-274, 339, 340
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