CSS Savannah (ironclad)
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=The defences of Savannah. The Rebel Ram Savannah, now ready for action. - FL 1864.jpg |Ship caption=Savannah published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper in 1864 }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=Confederate States |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Confederate States of America|naval}} |Ship name=Savannah |Ship namesake=Savannah, Georgia |Ship ordered= |Ship awarded= |Ship builder=H. F. Willink |Ship laid down= |Ship launched=1863 |Ship commissioned=June 30, 1863 |Ship decommissioned=December 21, 1864 |Ship struck= |Ship fate=Burned to prevent capture |Ship notes= |Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= |Ship type= |Ship tonnage= |Ship displacement= |Ship tons burthen= |Ship length={{convert|150|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|34|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship draft={{convert|12|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship propulsion=steam engine |Ship speed={{convert|6|kn}} |Ship complement=180 officers and men |Ship armament=2 7" rifled cannons, 2 6.4" rifled cannons |Ship notes= }} |
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 Confederacy at Savannah, Georgia, in 1863. On June 30, 1863 she was transferred to naval forces in the Savannah River under the command of Flag Officer William W. Hunter. Under Commander Robert F. Pinkney, she maintained her reputation as the most efficient vessel of the squadron and was kept ready for service. File:Harper's weekly (1865) (14577810818).jpgShe remained on the river and was burned by the Confederates on December 21, 1864 when the city of Savannah was threatened by the approach of General William T. Sherman.
Bibliography
- {{cite book |last1=Bisbee |first1=Saxon T. |title=Engines of Rebellion: Confederate Ironclads and Steam Engineering in the American Civil War |publisher=University of Alabama Press |location=Tuscaloosa, Alabama |isbn=978-0-81731-986-1|date=2018}}
- {{cite book |last1=Canney |first1=Donald L. |title=The Confederate Steam Navy 1861-1865 |date=2015 |publisher=Schiffer Publishing|location=Atglen, Pennsylvania |isbn=978-0-7643-4824-2}}
- {{cite book|last=Silverstone|first=Paul H.|title=Civil War Navies 1855–1883 |publisher=Routledge |location=New York|year=2006|series=The U.S. Navy Warship Series |isbn=0-415-97870-X}}
- {{cite book|last=Silverstone|first=Paul H.|title=Directory of the World's Capital Ships |year=1984 |publisher=Hippocrene Books|location=New York|isbn=0-88254-979-0}}
- {{cite book|last=Still|first=William N. Jr.|title=Iron Afloat: The Story of the Confederate Armorclads|isbn=0-87249-454-3|orig-year=1971|year=1985|publisher=University of South Carolina Press|location=Columbia, South Carolina}}
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20011030233634/http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-us-cs/csa-sh/csash-sz/savannah.htm Navy.mil images]
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Category:Ironclad warships of the Confederate States Navy
Category:Ships built in Savannah, Georgia
Category:Shipwrecks of the American Civil War
Category:Maritime incidents in December 1864
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