CSS Tuscaloosa

Builder: Henry D. Bassett

Laid Down: 1862

Launched: February 7, 1863

Out of Service: April 12, 1865

Fate: Scuttled to prevent capture

Characteristics

Tonnage: 500 tons

Length: 152 ft.

Beam: 34 ft.

Draft: 7 ft.

Propulsion: 2 x steam engines

Current, Richard N. ed. "Tuscaloosa." Encyclopedia of the Confederacy. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. p 1627

Luraghi, Raimondo. A History of the Confederacy. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1996. p 281, 282, 321-322, 339

Armament

1 x 6.4-in. Brooke rifle

3 x 32-pounder guns

Battles

Unable to defend Mobile due to slow propulsion and unable to steam against the current of the Spanish River