CSS Alabama
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CSS Alabama was a Confederate commerce raider warship during the American Civil War, notorious for disrupting Union merchant shipping across the globe.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Confederate States Navy ship
ⓘ
commerce raider ⓘ steam sloop-of-war ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| allegiance | Confederate States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| armament |
1 x 7-inch Blakely rifled gun
ⓘ
1 x 8-inch smoothbore pivot gun ⓘ 6 x 32-pounder broadside guns ⓘ |
| battle | Battle of Cherbourg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builder | John Laird Sons & Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtAt | Birkenhead, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| captain | Raphael Semmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capturedOrDestroyed | over 60 Union merchant vessels ⓘ |
| commander | Raphael Semmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1862-08-24 ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| country | Confederate States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewComplement | about 145 officers and men ⓘ |
| displacement | 1050 tons ⓘ |
| fate | sunk in battle ⓘ |
| flag | naval ensign of the Confederate States of America ⓘ |
| hullNumber | 290 ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1861 ⓘ |
| launched | 1862-05-15 ⓘ |
| legalIssue | subject of postwar Alabama Claims arbitration between United States and United Kingdom ⓘ |
| length | 220 feet ⓘ |
| notableFor | commerce raiding against Union merchant shipping worldwide ⓘ |
| notableImpact | significant disruption of Union maritime commerce ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Confederate States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalName | Enrica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion |
sail
ⓘ
steam engine ⓘ |
| renamed | CSS Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role | commerce raiding ⓘ |
| serviceEndYear | 1864 ⓘ |
| serviceStartYear | 1862 ⓘ |
| status | shipwreck ⓘ |
| sunkAt | off Cherbourg, France ⓘ |
| sunkBy | USS Kearsarge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sunkOn | 1864-06-19 ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations |
Atlantic Ocean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Caribbean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Gulf of Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ North Atlantic NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ South Atlantic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfRig | barque-rigged ⓘ |
| wreckDiscovered | 1984 ⓘ |
| wreckLocation | English Channel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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