Arkansas-class ironclad
Class overview
Name:
Arkansas -class Builders:
John T. Shirley & Co. , Memphis, Tennessee Operators:
Confederate States Navy Built:
1861–62 In service:
1862 Planned:
2 Completed:
1 Lost:
2
General characteristics Type:
Casemate ironclad Length:
165 ft (50 m) Beam:
35 ft (11 m) Draft:
11 ft 6 in (3.51 m) Installed power:
2 propellers Propulsion:
2 Steam engines Speed:
7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) Complement:
200 officers and enlisted men Armament:
designed for 6-8 guns
The Arkansas -class ironcladscasemate ironclads built for the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War .
Ships [ ]
Ship
Builder[1]
Laid down[1]
Launched[1]
Commissioned[1]
Fate[1]
CSS Arkansas
John T. Shirley & Co., Memphis, Tennessee
October 1861
22 April 1862
26 May 1862
Destroyed to prevent capture, 8 August 1862
CSS Tennessee
Never
Burned to prevent capture, 5 June 1862
Notes [ ] References [ ] Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). Civil War Navies 1855–1883 . 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 .