CSS Baltic
Contemporary engraving of the vessel. The accuracy of the image is not known.[1]
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History | |
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Confederate States | |
Name | Baltic |
Launched | 1860 |
Commissioned | May 1862 |
Decommissioned | July 1864 |
Captured | May 10, 1865 |
Fate | Sold, December 31, 1865 |
General characteristics (post-conversion) | |
Type | Casemate ironclad |
Tonnage | 624 |
Length | 186 ft (56.7 m) ( o/a ) |
Beam | 38 ft (11.6 m) |
Draft | 6 to 7 ft (1.8 to 2.1 m) |
Installed power | 4 × horizontal return-flue boilers |
Propulsion | 2 × steam engines |
Speed | 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) |
Complement | 86 officers and men |
Armament | 2 × Dahlgren guns, 2 × 32-pounders, 2 × smaller pieces |
Armor | 2.5 in (64 mm) |
CSS
Background and description
During the early 19th century, a large cultural divide had developed between the northern and southern regions of the United States primarily over slavery, which was mainly a southern institution. Northerner Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election,[4] and due to his anti-slavery position a number of southern states seceded in late 1860 and early 1861, forming the Confederate States of America;[5] by April 1861, the American Civil War had commenced.[6]
From the beginning of the conflict, the Confederates were at a distinct disadvantage compared to the
Baltic was built in 1860 at
On November 8, 1861, the
The ship's propulsion machinery consisted of two single-cylinder
Her
Service history
On May 12, 1862, Baltic was transferred by the State of Alabama to the
In July, the vessel was partially dismantled,
Notes
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Bisbee 2018, p. 56.
- ^ Silverstone 1989, p. xiii.
- ^ a b c d Still 1985, p. 80.
- ^ Holmes 2001, p. 35.
- ^ Bearss 2007, pp. 22–23.
- ^ Calore 2002, pp. 29–30.
- ^ Smith 2003, pp. 30–31.
- ^ Calore 2002, p. 63.
- ^ a b Still 1985, pp. 79–80.
- ^ a b c d e f "Baltic". Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g Silverstone 1989, p. 235.
- ^ a b Joiner 2011, p. 48.
- ^ a b c Bisbee 2018, p. 55.
- ^ Silverstone 1989, pp. xi–xii.
- ^ a b Canney 2015, p. 31.
- ^ Bisbee 2018, pp. 187–188.
- ^ Bisbee 2018, p. 58.
- ^ Still 1985, pp. 101–102.
- ^ a b c d Luraghi 1996, p. 280.
- ^ Bisbee 2018, pp. 28–29, 200 fn. 72.
- ^ a b c Joiner 2011, p. 49.
- ^ Canney 2015, p. 30.
- ^ Bisbee 2018, p. 123.
- ^ Bisbee 2018, pp. 56–57.
- ^ a b Bisbee 2018, p. 57.
- ^ Still 1985, p. 204.
- ^ Bisbee 2018, p. 139.
- ^ Bisbee 2018, p. 125.
- ^ Bisbee 2018, pp. 57–58.
- ^ Bisbee 2018, p. 208 fn. 109.
Sources
- ISBN 978-1-4262-0093-9.
- Bisbee, Saxon T. (2018). ISBN 978-0-8173-1986-1.
- Calore, Paul (2002). Naval Campaigns of the Civil War. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-1217-4.
- Canney, Donald L. (2015). The Confederate Steam Navy 1861–1865. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7643-4824-2.
- ISBN 0-19-866209-2.
- Joiner, Gary D. (2011). "CSS Baltic". In ISBN 978-1-59884-338-5.
- Luraghi, Raimondo (1996). A History of the Confederate Navy. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-527-6.
- Silverstone, Paul H. (1989). Warships of the Civil War Navies. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-783-6.
- Smith, Steven D. (2003) [2000]. "The Submarine H. L. Hunley: Confederate Innovation and Southern Icon". In Geier, Clarence R.; Potter, Stephen R. (eds.). Archaeological Perspectives on the American Civil War. Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida. ISBN 0-8130-2651-2.
- ISBN 0-87249-454-3.
Further reading
- Olmstead, Edwin; Stark, Wayne E.; Tucker, Spencer C. (1997). The Big Guns: Civil War Siege, Seacoast, and Naval Cannon. Alexandria Bay, New York: Museum Restoration Service. ISBN 0-88855-012-X.