CSS North Carolina

Namesake: North Carolina

Ordered: 1863

Laid Down: 1863

Launched: October 1863

Commissioned: December 1864

Decommissioned: 27 September 1864

Fate: Sank 27 September 1864

Characteristics

Displacement: 600 tons

Length: 150 ft.

Beam: 32 ft.

Draft: 12 ft.

Propulsion: Steam engine

Armament

6 x 8-in cannon

1 x pivot rifle

Battles

North Carolina was deemed unsuitable for use on the open ocean; her hull was riddled with shipworm as a result to the green hull timber used in her construction.

Remained on the Cape Fear River and finally floundered on 27 September 1864 off of currently Southport, NC

CSS North Carolina. https:// en.wikipedia.org/CSS_North_Carolina. Accessed: 16 January 2026

Current, Richard N. ed. "Laird Rams." Encyclopedia of the Confederacy. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. p 903-904

Luraghi, Raimondo. A History of the Confederate Navy. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1996. p 274-275, 289, 335