Nashville-class ironclad
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| Name: | Nashville-class ironclad |
| Operators: | Confederate States Navy |
| Built: | 1863–64 |
| In service: | 1864–65 |
| Planned: | 3 |
| Completed: | 1 |
| Scrapped: | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Casemate ironclad |
| Tonnage: | 1100 tons |
| Length: | 271 ft (83 m) |
| Beam: | 62 ft 6 in (19.05 m) |
| Draft: | 10 ft 9 in (3.28 m) |
| Installed power: | 2 Sidewheel paddles |
| Propulsion: | 2 Steam engines |
| Speed: | Unknown |
| Complement: | Unknown |
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| Armor: | 2–6 inches (51–152 mm) |
The Nashville-class ironclad was a class of three side-wheel casemate ironclads built for the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. Only the lead ship of the class, Nashville, was commissioned into Confederate States Navy service; two sister ships were broken up on the stocks before they were completed.
Ships
| Ship | Builder[1] | Launched[1] | Completed[1] | Fate |
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| CSS Nashville | Montgomery, Alabama | Mid-1863 | 1864 | Surrendered, 10 May 1865, sold for scrap, 22 November 1867 |
| Unnamed | Montgomery, Alabama | March 1863 | Constructive total loss when launched | Broken up, April 1864 |
| Unnamed | Oven Bluff, Alabama | Never finished | ||
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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
