For similarly named ships, the southern U.S. state of Alabama, and other uses, see Alabama (disambiguation).
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A 1961 painting of CSS Alabama
History
Confederate States of America
Name
Alabama
Builder
John Laird Sons & Company
Laid down
1862
Launched
July 29, 1862
Commissioned
August 24, 1862
Motto
"Aide Toi, Et Dieu T'Aidera," (God helps those who help themselves)[1]
Fate
Sunk June 19, 1864
General characteristics
Displacement
1050 tons
Length
220 ft (67 m)[2]
Beam
31 ft 8 in (9.65 m)
Draft
17 ft 8 in (5.38 m)
Installed power
2 × 150 HP horizontal steam engines (300 HP collectively), auxiliary sails
Propulsion
Single screw propeller
Speed
13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)[2]
Complement
145 officers and men
Armament
6 × 32 lb (15 kg) cannons, 1 × 110 lb (50 kg) cannon, 1 × 68 lb (31 kg) cannon
CSS Alabama, a screw sloop-of-war built in 1862 for the Confederate States Navy. The vessel was built in Birkenhead on the River Mersey opposite Liverpool, England by John Laird Sons and Company.[3] Launched as "Enrica", she was fitted out as a cruiser and commissioned as CSS Alabama on August 24, 1862. Under Captain Raphael Semmes, Alabama served as a successful commerce raider, attacking, capturing, and burning Union merchant and naval ships in the North Atlantic, as well as, intercepting American grain ships bound for Europe. The Alabama continued its wrath through the West Indies and further into the East Indies destroying over seven ships before returning to Europe. On June 11th, 1864, the Alabama arrived at Cherbourg, France where she was overhauled. Shortly after. A Union sloop-of-war, USS Kearsarge arrived; and on June 19th, the Battle of Cherbourg commenced outside the port of Cherbourg, France, whereby the Kearsarge sunk the Alabama in approximately one hour after the Alabama's opening shot.
^"C.S.S. Alabama Artifacts Exhibit at U.S. Naval Museum opens with All-Star Franco-American Reception" (PDF). The Confederate Naval Historical Society Newsletter Issue Number Nine. The Confederate Naval Historical Society. February 1992. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
^ abFletcher, R.A. (1910). Steam-ships : the story of their development to the present day. London: Sidgwick & Jackson. pp. 175–176. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
^"The Alabama". Archived from the original on 5 February 2007. Retrieved 26 February 2007.
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