The C. S. S. Arkansas by R. G. Skerrett
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Class overview | |
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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 |
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]