CSS Georgia (battery)
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| Image:CSSGeorgia ironclad.jpg | |
| Career | Image:Csnjack.png |
|---|---|
| Laid down: | 1862 |
| Launched: | 1863 |
| Commissioned: | 1863 |
| Decommissioned: | December 21, 1864 |
| Fate: | Destroyed to prevent capture |
| General Characteristics | |
| Length: | 250 feet |
| Beam: | 60 feet |
| Complement: | 200 officers and men |
| Armament: | 4 to 9 guns |
CSS Georgia, also known as State of Georgia and Ladies' Ram, was an ironclad floating battery built at Savannah, Georgia in 1862–1863. Placed under command of Lieutenant Washington Gwathmey, CSN, she was employed in defending the river channels below Savannah, training her batteries against the Union advance. Since she lacked effective locomotive power, the Confederates found it necessary to fire and destroy her during the evacuation of Savannah on December 21, 1864.
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
