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Nashville-class ironclad

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Class overview
NameNashville-class ironclad
OperatorsConfederate States Navy
Built1863–64
In service1864–65
Planned3
Completed1
Scrapped1
General characteristics
TypeCasemate ironclad
Tonnage1100 tons
Length271 ft (83 m)
Beam62 ft 6 in (19.05 m)
Draft10 ft 9 in (3.28 m)
Installed power2 Sidewheel paddles
Propulsion2 Steam engines
SpeedUnknown
ComplementUnknown
Armament
Armor2–6 inches (51–152 mm)

The Nashville-class ironclad was a class of three side-wheel casemate ironclads built for the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. Only the lead ship of the class, Nashville, was commissioned into Confederate States Navy service; two sister ships were broken up on the stocks before they were completed.

Ships

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Construction data
Ship Builder[1] Launched[1] Completed[1] Fate
CSS Nashville Montgomery, Alabama Mid-1863 1864 Surrendered, 10 May 1865, sold for scrap, 22 November 1867
Unnamed March 1863 Constructive total loss when launched Broken up, April 1864
Unnamed Oven Bluff, Alabama Never finished

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Silverstone, pp. 154–155

References

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  • Bisbee, Saxon T. (2018). Engines of Rebellion: Confederate Ironclads and Steam Engineering in the American Civil War. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press. ISBN 978-0-81731-986-1.
  • Canney, Donald L. (2015). The Confederate Steam Navy 1861-1865. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7643-4824-2.
  • Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). Civil War Navies 1855–1883. The U.S. Navy Warship Series. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-97870-X.
  • Still, William N. Jr. (1985) [1971]. Iron Afloat: The Story of the Confederate Armorclads. Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 0-87249-454-3.

Public Domain This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.