| CSS North Carolina | |
|---|---|
| Career |  |
| Name: | CSS North Carolina |
| Ordered: | 1863 |
| Laid down: | 1863 |
| Launched: | October 1863 |
| Commissioned: | December 1863 |
| Decommissioned: | September 27, 1864 |
| Fate: | Sank September 27, 1864 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 600 tons |
| Length: | 150 ft (46 m) |
| Beam: | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Draft: | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Propulsion: | Steam engine |
| Complement: | 150 officers and enlisted men |
| Armament: | 6 8-inch guns, 1 pivot gun |
CSS North Carolina, an casemate ironclad, was built by Berry & Brothers at Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1863 at a cost of $76,000. The ship's bulkheads above the waterline were sloped inward and armored with railroad iron, similar to the CSS Virginia II. She had two gun ports on each of her four sides and carried six 8-inch guns that could be moved from one port to another, and mounted one pivot gun on her bow. She was placed in commission during the latter part of the year with Commander W. T. Muse, CSN, in command.
North Carolina was discovered to be structurally unsound, and unsuitable for use on the open ocean. She remained in the Cape Fear River until September 27, 1864 when she developed a leak and sank, her hull riddled by shipworms, off Smithville (modern Southport), where she had been serving as a guard ship.
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References[]
- Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). Civil War Navies 1855β1883. The U.S. Navy Warship Series. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-97870-X.
- Still, William N., Jr. (1985). Iron Afloat: The Story of the Confederate Armorclads (Reprint of the 1971 ed.). Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 0-87249-454-3.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
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Coordinates: 33Β°54β²49β³N 78Β°1β²8β³W / 33.91361Β°N 78.01889Β°W
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