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Civil War Medal
Casemate Ironclad:
Built 1864-65 for the the Confederate States Navy at Berry Brothers shipyard on Eagles Island across the river from Wilmington, N.C.
Designed by Chief Naval Constructor, John L. Porter, as a replacement for the rotten ironclad CSS North Carolina and the wrecked ironclad CSS Raleigh for the defence of the Cape Fear River in North Carolina
Wilmington may have been designed to force engagements on the Union blockaders as her sleek lines and powerful propulsion machinery suggest something more than a defensive role.
Wilmington was still on the stocks when the Union captured the city, 22 February 1865
Final Disposition, burned by the retreating Confederate troops to prevent her capture Specifications:
Displacement unknown
Length 223'
Beam 41'
Draft 6'6"
Depth of Hold 12'
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament
two guns
Propulsion
four tubular boilers
two high-pressure horizontal single-cylinder geared-direct-acting steam engines
two 8' propellers
Wilmington
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