CSS Mississippi
CSS Mississippi was a projected ironclad warship of the Confederate States Navy, intended to be used on the Mississippi River in the vicinity of New Orleans during the American Civil War. Her design was unusual, as she was built according to house-building techniques. Whether this would have proved to be feasible cannot be known, as she was not complete when New Orleans fell to the Union Fleet under Flag Officer David G. Farragut on 25 April 1862. Rather than let her fall into enemy hands, Captain Arthur Sinclair, CSN, ordered her to be hastily launched and burned. Despite the delays in construction that left her unfinished and untried, her mere existence, together with that of CSS Louisiana, raised thwarted hopes in the defenders of New Orleans, and unfounded fears in Union circles, that
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CSS Mississippi
CSS Mississippi was a projected ironclad warship of the Confederate States Navy, intended to be used on the Mississippi River in the vicinity of New Orleans during the American Civil War. Her design was unusual, as she was built according to house-building techniques. Whether this would have proved to be feasible cannot be known, as she was not complete when New Orleans fell to the Union Fleet under Flag Officer David G. Farragut on 25 April 1862. Rather than let her fall into enemy hands, Captain Arthur Sinclair, CSN, ordered her to be hastily launched and burned. Despite the delays in construction that left her unfinished and untried, her mere existence, together with that of CSS Louisiana, raised thwarted hopes in the defenders of New Orleans, and unfounded fears in Union circles, that
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CSS Mississippi was a projecte ...... est with the industrial North.
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CSS «Миссисипи» (англ. Mississ ...... л сожжён во избежание захвата.
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CSS ミシシッピ(CSS Mississippi)は南北戦 ...... がミシシッピ川下流での両軍の戦略に影響を与えることとなった。
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laying down
1861-10-14
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ship beam (μ)
1.76784e+1
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ship launched
1862-04-24
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Burned to avoid capture, 25 April 1862
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17,095,741
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743,586,159
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Confederate States of America
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steam, 3 screws
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CSS Mississippi was a projecte ...... fears in Union circles, that
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CSS «Миссисипи» (англ. Mississ ...... л сожжён во избежание захвата.
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CSS ミシシッピ(CSS Mississippi)は南北戦 ...... がミシシッピ川下流での両軍の戦略に影響を与えることとなった。
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CSS Mississippi
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CSS Mississippi
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ミシシッピ (装甲艦)
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Mississippi
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