CSS Tennessee (1863)

CSS Tennessee was a casemate ironclad ram built for the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War. She served as the flagship of Admiral Franklin Buchanan (who would later be captured in the same ship), commander of the Mobile Squadron, after her commissioning. She was captured in 1864 by the Union Navy during the Battle of Mobile Bay and then participated in the Union's subsequent Siege of Fort Morgan. Tennessee was decommissioned after the war and sold in 1867 for scrap.

For other ships with the same name, see CSS Tennessee and USS Tennessee.
USS Tennessee in 1865
History
Confederate States
NameTennessee
NamesakeState of Tennessee
BuilderHenry D. Bassett
Laid downOctober 1862
LaunchedFebruary 1863
Commissioned16 February 1864
CapturedAt the Battle of Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864
United States
NameTennessee
Acquired5 August 1864
Commissioned5 August 1864
Decommissioned19 August 1865
FateSold for scrap, 27 November 1867
General characteristics
TypeCasemate ironclad
Displacement1,273 long tons (1,293 t)
Length209 ft (63.7 m)
Beam48 ft (14.6 m)
Draft14 ft (4.3 m)
Installed power4 boilers
Propulsion
  • 2 Shafts
  • 2 Steam engines
Speed5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph)
Complement133 officers and enlisted men
Armament
  • 2 × 7 in (178 mm) Brooke rifles
  • 4 × 6.4 in (163 mm) Brooke rifles
  • ram
Armor
Service record
Commanders: Lieutenant James D. Johnston
Operations:
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