CSS Palmetto State

	A wash drawing of Palmetto State by R. G. Skerrett
History
Confederate States
Name	Palmetto State
Namesake	Nickname of South Carolina
Laid down	January 1862
Launched	September 1862
Commissioned	September 1862
Fate	Scuttled and burned, 18 February 1865
General characteristics
Class and type	Richmond-class ironclad
Length	174 ft (53.0 m) (o/a); 150 ft (45.7 m) (p/p);
Beam	43 ft (13.1 m)
Draft	12 ft (3.7 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft (3.7 m)
Installed power	2 × fire-tube boilers
Propulsion	1 × shaft; 2 × direct-acting steam engines;
Speed	6–7 knots (11–13 km/h; 6.9–8.1 mph)
Complement	120 officers and men
Armament	1 × 7 in (178 mm) Brooke rifle; 1 × 6.4 in (163 mm) Brooke rifle; 2 × 8 in (203 mm) smoothbore guns;
Armor	Casemate: 4 in (102 mm)

CSS Palmetto State was one of six Richmond class casemate ironclad rams built for the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. Completed in 1862, she defended Charleston, South Carolina and was burnt in 1865 to prevent her capture by advancing Union troops.

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