CSS Chattahoochee


Ship's engines and lower portion of the after hull, photographed following recovery in the vicinity of Columbus, Georgia, circa the early or middle 1960s
History
Confederate States
NameChattahoochee
Laid downSaffold, Georgia
In serviceFebruary 1863
FateScuttled 17 April 1865, stern raised and put on display in 1963
General characteristics
Length150 ft (46 m)
Beam25 ft (7.6 m)
Draft8 ft (2.4 m)
Speed12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement120 officers and crew
Armament4 32-pounder smoothbore cannon, a 32-pounder rifled cannon and a 9-inch smoothbore cannon
CSS Muscogee and Chattahoochee
NRHP reference No.70000212[1]
Added to NRHPMay 13, 1970
Reconstruction of CSS Chattahoochee

CSS Chattahoochee was a twin-screw steam powered gunboat built at Saffold, Georgia; she was christened for the river upon which she was built. The gunboat entered Confederate States Navy service in February 1863.

  1. ^ "Georgia - Muscogee County". National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved April 24, 2019.