CSS Richmond
A Wash Drawing of CSS Richmond by R. G. Skerrett
Namesake: Richmond, Virginia
Ordered: 1862
Builder: Gosport Navy Yard,
Rockett's Shipyard
Laid Down: March 1862
Launched: 6 May 1862
Commissioned: July 1862
Fate: Burned and scuttled, 3 April 1865
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Characteristics
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Class & type: Richmond-class ironclad
Length: 174 ft.
Between perpendiculars: 150 ft.
Beam: 43 ft.
Depth: 11 ft.
Propulsion: 1 x shaft
1 x direct-acting steam engine
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Armament
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4 x 7-in Brooke rifles
2 x smoothbore guns
1 x spar torpedo
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Battles
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James River Squadron
August 13, 1864: Dutch Gap
September 29 - October 1, 1864: Fort Harrison
October 22, 1864: Chaffin's Bluff
January 23-24, 1865: Trent's Reach
April 3, 1865: Destroyed to avoid capture
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CSS Richmond. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSS_Richmond. Accessed: 16 January 2026
Luraghi, Raimondo. A History of the Confederate Navy. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1996. p 148, 152-154, 207-209,
335-336
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