CSS Curlew
CSS Curlew was an iron-hull North Carolina Sounds paddlewheel steamboat that was taken into the Confederate Navy in 1861. It was run aground at Fort Forrest (35°53′08″N 75°45′41″W) and burned in the battle for Roanoke Island on February 8, 1862. Its wreck was discovered in 1988 and archaeologically investigated in 1994.
Burning of the Confederate gunboat Curlew, off Fort Forrest, Feb. 7, 1862 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Confederate States | |
| Name | Curlew |
| Namesake | Curlew |
| Launched | 1856 |
| Commissioned | 1861 |
| Fate | Run aground and burned on February 7, 1862 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 236 tons |
| Length | 135 ft (41 m) |
| Beam | 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m) |
| Depth of hold | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
| Propulsion | 1 walking beam steam engine powering side paddlewheels |
| Speed | 12 mph (19 km/h) |
| Complement | 22 (1861), 30 (1862) |
| Armament | 1 × rifled 32 pounder (bow), 1 × 12 pounder (stern) |
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