USS Fort Donelson
CSS General Lee
Captured and renamed USS Fort Donelson, November 1863
United Kingdom
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Name: Giraffe
Builder: J&G Thomson's Clyde Bank Iron
Shipyard, Govan, Glasgow
Launched: 16 May 1860
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Confederate States
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Name: Robert E. Lee
Commissioned: 1862
Fate: Captured by U.S. Navy,
9 November 1863
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USS Navy
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Name: Fort Donelson
Acquired: 9 November 1863
Commissioned: 29 June 1864
Decommissioned: 17 August 1865
Fate: Sold October 1865 and renamed Isabella
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Chili
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Name: Concepcion
Acquired: 1866
Commissioned: 1866
Decommissioned: 1868
​Fate: Sold, 1 May 1868
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Characteristics
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Displacement: 900 tons
Length: 283 ft.
Beam: 20 ft.
Draft: 10 ft.
Propulsion: Steam engine
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Armament
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5 x 12-pounder cannons
2 x 30-pounder cannons
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Battles
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CSS Duty as Blockade runner
After 21 voyages in 10 months carrying out over 7,000 bales of cotton and returning with munitions invaluable to the Confederacy. Was captured by the USS James Adger.
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USS Navy as Fort Donelson
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North Atlantic Blockading Squadron
2nd Battle of Fort Fisher
Battle of Fort Anderson
South Atlantic Blockading Squadron
West Gulf Squadron
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