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CSS CharlestonConfederate States
NameCharleston
NamesakeCharleston, South Carolina
OrderedFall 1862
BuilderJames M. Eason, Charleston
Laid downDecember 1862
Launched1863
CommissionedSeptember 1863
Nickname(s)Ladies' Gunboat
FateDestroyed to avoid capture, 17/18 February 1865
General characteristics
TypeCasemate ironclad
Displacement600 long tons (610 t)
Length189 ft (57.6 m)
Beam34 ft (10.4 m)
Draft12 ft 6 in (3.8 m)
Propulsion1 shaft, 1 steam engine
Speed6 kn (11 km/h; 6.9 mph)
Complement150 officers and men
Armament
  • 2 × 9 in (229 mm) smoothbore Dahlgren guns
  • 4 × 7 in (178 mm) muzzle-loading Brooke rifles
  • 1 x Spar Torpedo
Armor4 in (102 mm)

CSS Charleston was a casemate ironclad ram built for the Confederate Navy (CSN) at Charleston, South Carolina during the American Civil War. Funded by the State of South Carolina as well as donations by patriotic women's associations in the city, she was turned over to the Confederate Navy and defended the city until advancing Union troops that threatened Charleston caused her to be destroyed in early 1865 lest she be captured. Her wreck was salvaged after the war and the remains have been obliterated by subsequent dredging.

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