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CSS ''Chattahoochee'' was a twin-screw steam powered gunboat built at Saffold, Georgia; she was christened for the river upon which she was built. The gunboat entered Confederate States Navy service in February 1863. ==Career== ''Chattahoochee'' was plagued by machinery failures, one of which, a boiler explosion on 27 May 1863, killed 18 as she preparing to sail from her anchorage at Blountstown, Florida. Once there, ''Chattahoochee'' crew were going to attempt to retake the Confederate schooner CSS ''Fashion'', captured by the Union Navy. On 10 June 1864 she was towed to Columbus, Georgia for general repairs and the installation of engines and a boiler reclaimed from the fatally wrecked ironclad CSS ''Raleigh''. While undergoing those repairs at Columbus, 11 of her officers and 50 of her crew tried unsuccessfully to capture the Union ship ''Adela'' blockading Apalachicola, Florida. USS ''Somerset'' drove off the raiders, capturing much of their equipment. When the Confederates abandoned the Apalachicola River in December 1864, ''Chattahoochee'' was moved up the Chattahoochee River; she was later scuttled near Columbus to avoid capture, just as Union troops approached the city. The sunken remains of ''Chattahoochee'' were found in 1963 within the boundaries of Fort Benning and later raised, then placed on display at the National Civil War Naval Museum in Columbus.〔(Cultural Resources Management at Fort Benning ) - retrieved July 28, 2006〕The "CSS Chattahooche" lay underwater until 1963 when she was discovered and a portion of the ship's hull and her original steam engines once more returned to her home in Columbus. Due to her being scuttled, the "CSS Chattahoochee" was the only Confederate Navy submerged gunboat that survived to the modern era. 〔http://americanroads.net/cw_trails_winter2014.htm〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「CSS Chattahoochee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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