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History | |
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Confederate States | |
Laid down | September 1862 |
Launched | mid-1863 |
Commissioned | 15 September 1864 |
Decommissioned | 10 May 1865 |
Fate | Surrendered to U.S. forces; sold 22 November 1867 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Nashville-class ironclad |
Displacement | approximately 1100 tons |
Length | 271 ft (82.6 m) |
Beam | 62 ft 6 in (19.1 m) |
Draft | 10 ft 9 in (3.3 m) |
Propulsion | 2 steam engines |
Speed | unknown |
Complement | unknown |
Armament |
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CSS Nashville was a large side-wheel Nashville-class steam casemate ironclad built by the Confederates late in the American Civil War.