CSS Phoenix
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| History | |
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| File:Naval ensign of the Confederate States of America (1863-1865).svgConfederate States | |
| Name | Phoenix |
| Namesake | Phoenix |
| Builder | Confederate Naval Works at Selma |
| Laid down | 1863 |
| Launched | March 1864 |
| Fate | Scuttled August 7, 1864 |
| General characteristics | |
| Length | 250 or 152 ft (76.2 or 46.3 m) |
| Armament | 6 guns |
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CSS Phoenix was a Confederate ironclad floating battery built at Selma, Alabama, from 1863 to 1864.[1]
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[edit | edit source]Phoenix was built at the Confederate Naval Works at Selma in 1863 and launched in March 1864. She was severely damaged during the launching and subsequently could not be used as a warship. She was brought to Mobile and scuttled by Confederate forces at the Dog River Bar in Mobile Bay on August 7, 1864. She was blown up a few nights later by Union sailors from the USS Metacomet. The Confederates then burned her to the waterline. The wreck was located in 1985 and was determined to be well preserved.[2]
References
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Bibliography
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Categories:
- Ironclad floating batteries of the Confederate States Navy
- Alabama in the American Civil War
- Ships built in Selma, Alabama
- 1864 ships
- Shipwrecks of the American Civil War
- Shipwrecks of the Alabama coast
- Shipwrecks in rivers
- Scuttled vessels
- Ship fires
- Maritime incidents in August 1864
- American Civil War ship stubs