Arkansas-class ironclad
| |
| Class overview |
| Name: |
Arkansas-class |
| Builders: |
John T. Shirley & Co., Memphis, Tennessee |
| Operators: |
Confederate States Navy |
| Built: |
1861–62 |
| In service: |
1862 |
| Planned: |
2 |
| Completed: |
1 |
| Lost: |
2 |
| General characteristics |
| Type: |
Casemate ironclad |
| Length: |
165 ft (50 m) |
| Beam: |
35 ft (11 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 pair of casemate ironclads built for the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War.
Ships
| Ship |
Builder[1] |
Laid down[1] |
Launched[1] |
Commissioned[1] |
Fate[1] |
| CSS Arkansas |
John T. Shirley & Co., Memphis, Tennessee |
October 1861 |
22 April 1862 |
26 May 1862 |
Destroyed to prevent capture, 8 August 1862 |
| CSS Tennessee |
Never |
Burned to prevent capture, 5 June 1862 |
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 5 Silverstone, pp. 150–51
References
- Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). Civil War Navies 1855–1883. The U.S. Navy Warship Series. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-97870-X.
- Still, William N., Jr. (1985). Iron Afloat: The Story of the Confederate Armorclads (Reprint of the 1971 ed.). Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 0-87249-454-3.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.