CSS Richmond

	A wash drawing of Richmond by R. G. Skerrett
History
Confederate States
Name	Richmond
Namesake	Richmond, Virginia
Operator	Confederate States Navy
Ordered	1862
Builder	Gosport Navy Yard; Rockett's Shipyard;
Laid down	March 1862
Launched	6 May 1862
Commissioned	July 1862
Fate	Burned and scuttled, 3 April 1865
General characteristics
Class and type	Richmond-class ironclad
Length	174 ft (53 m) (o/a); 150 ft (45.7 m) (p/p);
Beam	43 ft (13.1 m)
Draft	12–13 ft (3.7–4.0 m)
Depth	about 11 ft (3.4 m)
Installed power	2 × fire-tube boilers
Propulsion	1 × shaft; 1 × direct-acting steam engine;
Speed	6 knots (11 km/h; 6.9 mph)
Complement	150 officers and men
Armament	4 × 7 in (178 mm) Brooke rifles; 1 × spar torpedo;
Armor	Casemate: 4 in (102 mm); Casemate roof: 1 in (25 mm); Deck: 2 in (51 mm);

CSS Richmond was the name ship of her class of six casemate ironclads built for the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. Completed during 1862 the ship was assigned to the James River Squadron where she mostly supported Confederate forces near Richmond, Virginia. She was burned in April 1865 to prevent her capture by Union forces.

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