CSS Georgia (1863)
Ironclad CSS Georgia
Namesake: State of Georgia
Laid Down: 1862
Launched: 1863
Commissioned: 1863
Decommissioned: December 21, 1864
Fate: Scuttled to prevent capture,
Currently undergoing salvage
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Characteristics
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Length: 250 ft.
Beam: 60 ft.
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CSS Georgia (ironclad)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Armament
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6 to 9 heavy cannons
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Battles
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Protecting Savannah
December 21, 1864: Scuttled
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CSS Georgia (1863). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSS_Georgia_(1863)
Current, Richard N., ed. "Georgia." Encyclopedia of the Confederacy.
Luraghi, Raimondo. A History of the Confederate Navy. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1996. p 215, 308, 331, 332
Stern, Philip Van Doren. The Confederate Navy A Pictorial History. New York: Da Capo Press, 1992. p 121, 186
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