CSS Nashville (1853)
CSS Nashville | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Confederate States | |
| Name | Nashville |
| Builder | William Collyer (Greenpoint, NY) |
| Launched | 22 Sep 1853 |
| Christened | SS Nashville |
| Commissioned | (CSN): Oct 1861–Mar 1862 |
| Maiden voyage | 4 Jan 1854 |
| In service | 4 Jan 1854–28 Feb 1863 |
| Renamed |
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| Fate | Sunk by USN, 28 February 1863 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 1,221 long tons (1,241 t) |
| Length | 215 ft 6 in (65.68 m) |
| Beam | 34 ft 6 in (10.52 m) |
| Draft | 21 ft 9 in (6.63 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails and steam engine |
| Complement | 40 officers and men |
| Armament | 2 × 12-pounder (5 kg) cannons |
CSS Nashville was a brig-rigged, side-paddle-wheel passenger steamer that served with the Confederate Navy during the Civil War.