CSS Alabama
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For similarly named ships, the southern U.S. state of Alabama, and other uses, see Alabama (disambiguation).
CSS Alabama was a screw sloop-of-war built in 1862 for the Confederate States Navy. It was built in Birkenhead on the River Mersey opposite Liverpool, England by John Laird Sons and Company.[3] Alabama served as a successful commerce raider, attacking Union merchant and naval ships over the course of her two-year career. She was sunk in June 1864 by USS Kearsarge at the Battle of Cherbourg outside the port of Cherbourg, France.
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A 1961 painting of CSS Alabama | |
History | |
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Confederate States of America | |
Name | Alabama |
Builder | John Laird Sons & Company |
Laid down | 1862 |
Launched | July 29, 1862 |
Commissioned | August 24, 1862 |
Motto | "Aide Toi, Et Dieu T'Aidera," (God helps those who help themselves)[1] |
Fate | Sunk June 19, 1864 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 1050 tons |
Length | 220 ft (67 m)[2] |
Beam | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
Draft | 17 ft 8 in (5.38 m) |
Installed power | 2 × 150 HP horizontal steam engines (300 HP collectively), auxiliary sails |
Propulsion | Single screw propeller |
Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)[2] |
Complement | 145 officers and men |
Armament | 6 × 32 lb (15 kg) cannons, 1 × 110 lb (50 kg) cannon, 1 × 68 lb (31 kg) cannon |
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