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Pen-and ink drawing of CSS David, showing external and internal plan
History
CSS DavidConfederate States
NameDavid
Launched1863
Commissioned1863
Decommissioned1865?
Fateunknown
General characteristics
Length50 ft (15 m)
Beam6 ft (1.8 m)
Draft5 ft (1.5 m)
PropulsionSteam engine
Complement4 officers and men
Armament1 spar torpedo

CSS David was an American Civil War-era torpedo boat. On October 5, 1863, she undertook a partially successful attack on USS New Ironsides which was participating in the blockade of Charleston, South Carolina.

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