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CSS Charleston : ウィキペディア英語版 | CSS Charleston
CSS ''Charleston'' was an casemate ironclad ram built for the Confederate Navy (CSN) at Charleston, South Carolina during the American Civil War. Funded by the State of South Carolina as well as donations by patriotic women's associations in the city, she was turned over to the Confederate Navy and defended the city until advancing Union troops that threatened Charleston caused her to be destroyed in early 1865 lest she be captured. Her wreck was salvaged after the war and the remains have been obliterated by subsequent dredging. ==Construction and description== James M. Eason was awarded a contract by the State of South Carolina to build a larger ironclad at Charleston in November 1862 after he finished the casemate ram . Funds were also contributed by the city's "Ladies' Gun-boat Association",〔Scharf, pp. 671–72〕 which led to ''Charleston''s nickname of the "Ladies' Gunboat". He began construction the next month and completed the ship in September 1863.〔 ''Charleston'' was long overall and had a beam of . Her depth of hold was 〔 and she had a draft . The ship had a displacement of . ''Charleston''s propulsion system is unknown,〔Gaines, p. 143〕 but her engine had a diameter of and her propeller was in diameter.〔 At any rate, she was credited with a speed of . The ship was armed with two 9-inch (229 mm) smoothbore guns〔Silverstone, p. 153〕 at the ends of the ship,〔Luraghi, p. 278〕 probably Dahlgren guns,〔Olmstead, Turk & Tucker, pp. 243–44〕 and four muzzle-loading Brooke rifles on the broadside〔 that fired projectiles,〔Scharf, p. 671〕 which would make them guns〔Olmstead, Turk & Tucker, p. 126〕 although their exact type is unknown.〔Still, pp. 82–83〕 ''Charleston'' was also fitted with a wrought-iron ram. The ship's armor was thick. All together, her ram and armor weighed .〔 Her crew numbered 150 officers and enlisted men.〔
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