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CSS Huntsville
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CSS Huntsville was a Confederate ironclad floating battery built at Selma, Alabama, from 1862 to 1863 during the American Civil War.[2]
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![]() Sketch of CSS Huntsville, Mobile, Alabama, 1864[1] | |
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Name | Huntsville |
Namesake | Huntsville, Alabama |
Ordered | May 1, 1862 |
Builder | Confederate Naval Works at Selma |
Launched | February 7, 1863 |
Completed | August 1, 1863 |
Out of service | April 12, 1865 |
Fate | Scuttled in Spanish River to prevent capture |
General characteristics | |
Length | 150 or 152 ft (45.7 or 46.3 m) |
Beam | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
Draught | 7 ft (2.1 m) |
Propulsion | Steam |
Speed | 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) |
Complement | 40 |
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