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This is a list of ships of the Confederate States Navy (CSN), used by the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War between 1861 and 1865. Included are some types of civilian vessels, such as blockade runners , steamboats , and privateers which contributed to the war efforts by the CSN.
The Confederate States Navy (CSN) was the naval branch of the Confederate States Armed Forces, established by an act of the Confederate States Congress on February 21, 1861. [1] It was responsible for Confederate naval operations during the American Civil War against the United States's Union Navy .
CSS Shenandoah, formerly Sea King and later El Majidi, was an iron-framed, teak-planked, full-rigged sailing ship with auxiliary steam power chiefly known for her actions under Lieutenant Commander James Waddell as part of the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War.
The US Navy has named at least 26 ships after persons, who fought voluntarily with the Confederacy against the United States of America or after a victorious battle for the Confederacy. Currently two active ships exist which fell under this category – USS Chancellorsville (CG-62) and USNS Maury (T-AGS-66) – until their renaming in March 2023.
This category is for ships of the Confederate States Navy, as well as blockade runners, privateers, and other ships strongly associated with the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War.
American Civil War portal; Irvine Bulloch – James's half-brother who was the youngest midshipman and officer on the ship; James Dunwoody Bulloch – Confederate agent and uncle of Theodore Roosevelt who covertly bought the Alabama; Blockade runners of the American Civil War; Bibliography of American Civil War naval history
This category includes naval ships designed, built, or operated in or by the Confederate States of America. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Union naval records often referred to her as Oreto or confused her with CSS Alabama, another Confederate vessel. Florida departed England on 22 March 1862, bound for Nassau in the Bahamas. To avoid suspicions that she was destined for Confederate service, the ship was only loaded with enough coal to reach Nassau.