CSS Georgia
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Japan |
Launched | 1862 |
Fate | Sold to Confederate States Navy March 1863 |
Confederate States | |
Name | Japan |
Acquired | March 1863 |
Commissioned | 9 April 1863 |
Renamed | CSS Georgia 9 April 1863 |
Captured | By USS Niagara, 15 August 1864 |
Fate | Sold |
United States | |
Name | Georgia |
In service | 5 August 1865 |
Fate | Re-registered in Canada 1870 |
Canada | |
Name | Georgia |
Operator | Quebec and Gulf Ports Company |
In service | 1870 |
Fate | Wrecked 14 January 1875 |
General characteristics (as Confederate States Navy steamer) | |
Type | Screw steamer |
Displacement | 600 tons |
Length | 212 ft (65 m) |
Beam | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
Depth of hold | 13 ft 9 in (4.19 m) |
Propulsion | Steam engine and sails |
Armament |
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CSS Georgia was a screw steamer of the Confederate States Navy, acquired in 1863, and captured by the Union Navy in 1864.