CSS Georgia (1862)
CSS Georgia | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Japan |
| Launched | 1862 |
| Fate | Sold to Confederate States Navy March 1863 |
| Confederate States | |
| Name | Japan |
| Acquired | March 1863 |
| Commissioned | 9 April 1863 |
| Renamed | CSS Georgia 9 April 1863 |
| Captured | By USS Niagara, 15 August 1864 |
| Fate | Sold |
| United States | |
| Name | Georgia |
| In service | 5 August 1865 |
| Fate | Re-registered in Canada 1870 |
| Canada | |
| Name | Georgia |
| Operator | Quebec and Gulf Ports Company |
| In service | 1870 |
| Fate | Wrecked 14 January 1875 |
| General characteristics (as Confederate States Navy steamer) | |
| Type | Screw steamer |
| Displacement | 600 tons |
| Length | 212 ft (65 m) |
| Beam | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
| Depth of hold | 13 ft 9 in (4.19 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam engine and sails |
| Armament |
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CSS Georgia was a screw steamer of the Confederate States Navy, acquired in 1863, and captured by the Union Navy in 1864.