 Watercolor of Missouri
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| History | |
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 Confederate States | |
| Name | Missouri |
| Namesake | Missouri |
| Ordered | 1 November 1862 |
| Laid down | December 1862 |
| Launched | 14 April 1863 |
| Commissioned | 19 September 1863 |
| Fate |
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| General characteristics | |
| Type | Casemate ironclad |
| Length | 183 ft (55.8 m) (o/a) |
| Beam | 53 ft 8 in (16.4 m) |
| Draft | 8 ft 6 in (2.6 m) |
| Installed power | 4 × return-flue boilers |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 10 mph (16 km/h) |
| Armament |
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| Armor | |
CSS[Note 1] Missouri was a casemate ironclad built by the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. Her propulsion machinery was taken from an existing steamboat, her armor was railroad T-rails, and she was armed with three captured cannon. She was difficult to steer and leaked badly. Additional equipment had to be added to allow her to reach her intended speed. Completed during 1863 on the Red River, she was trapped in the Shreveport, Louisiana, area by low water and never saw combat. The vessel's crew had desertion issues and some of her crewmen were pulled from the army. After traveling downriver for the first time, the ship was surrendered in June 1865 to the United States Navy—the last Confederate ironclad to be handed over—and sold in November.
- ^ Silverstone, p. xviii
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