CSS Savannah (ironclad)
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 Savannah published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper in 1864
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Confederate States | |
| Name | Savannah |
| Namesake | Savannah, Georgia |
| Builder | H. F. Willink |
| Launched | 1863 |
| Commissioned | June 30, 1863 |
| Decommissioned | December 21, 1864 |
| Fate | Burned to prevent capture |
| General characteristics | |
| Length | 150 ft (46 m) |
| Beam | 34 ft (10 m) |
| Draft | 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) |
| Propulsion | steam engine |
| Speed | 6 knots (11 km/h; 6.9 mph) |
| Complement | 180 officers and men |
| Armament | 2 7" rifled cannons, 2 6.4" rifled cannons |
CSS Savannah was a Richmond-class casemate ironclad in the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War.
Savannah was built by H. F. Willink for the
William T. Sherman
.
Bibliography
- Bisbee, Saxon T. (2018). Engines of Rebellion: Confederate Ironclads and Steam Engineering in the American Civil War. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press. ISBN 978-0-81731-986-1.
- Canney, Donald L. (2015). The Confederate Steam Navy 1861-1865. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7643-4824-2.
- Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). Civil War Navies 1855–1883. The U.S. Navy Warship Series. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-97870-X.
- Silverstone, Paul H. (1984). Directory of the World's Capital Ships. New York: Hippocrene Books. ISBN 0-88254-979-0.
- Still, William N. Jr. (1985) [1971]. Iron Afloat: The Story of the Confederate Armorclads. 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.
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