Arkansas-class ironclad

The Arkansas-class ironclads were a class of two casemate ironclads ordered by the Confederate States Navy in 1861 to operate in the Western and Trans-Mississippi theaters of the American Civil War.^[1]

The C. S. S. Arkansas by R. G. Skerrett
Class overview
Name	Arkansas-class ironclad
Builders	John T. Shirley, Memphis, Tennessee
Operators	Confederate States Navy
Built	1861–1862
In service	1862
Planned	2
Completed	1
Lost	2
General characteristics
Type	Casemate ironclad
Length	165 ft (50.3 m)
Beam	35 ft (10.7 m)
Draft	11 ft 6 in (3.51 m)
Installed power	2 propellers
Propulsion	2 Steam engines
Speed	7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph)
Complement	200 officers and enlisted men
Armament	Designed for 6–8 guns

Ships

Construction data

Ship name	Builder[1]	Laid down[1]	Launched[1]	Commissioned[1]	Fate[1]
CSS Arkansas	John T. Shirley, Memphis, Tennessee	October 1861	22 April 1862	26 May 1862	Destroyed to prevent capture, 6 August 1862
CSS Tennessee			—		Burned to prevent capture, 5 June 1862

Notes

1.  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.