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CSS Texas, a twin-screw ironclad ram of the Confederate Navy, was named for the state of Texas. She was sister ship to CSS Columbia. Download high resolution version (1200x860, 193 KB)Machinery arrangement plan, including cross-section through the boiler area, of the unfinished CSS Texas. ... Image File history File links Confederate_Navy_Jack. ... Image File history File links Confederate_States_Naval_Ensign_after_May_26_1863. ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... is the 288th day of the year (289th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... The beam of a ship is its width at the widest point, or a point alongside the ship at the mid-point of its length. ... The draft of a ships hull is the vertical distance from the bottom of the hull to the waterline. ... Ironclad warships, frequently shortened to just ironclads, were ships sheathed with thick iron plates for protection. ... Categories: Stub | American Civil War | Confederate States Navy ... Official language(s) No official language See languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Largest metro area Dallasâ€“Fort Worthâ€“Arlington Area Ranked 2nd - Total 261,797 sq mi (678,051 kmÂ²) - Width 773 miles (1,244 km) - Length 790 miles (1,270 km) - % water 2. ... For other ships named Columbia, see USS Columbia CSS Columbia, an uncommonly strong ironclad ram, was constructed under contract at Charleston, South Carolina in 1864, of yellow pine and white oak with iron fastenings and 6-inch iron plating. ...

History

The keel for the CSS Texas was laid down at Richmond, Virginia. She was launched in January 1865. At the time of Robert E. Lee's evacuation of Richmond on 3 April 1865, she was left unfinished but intact in an outfitting berth at the Richmond Navy Yard, one of only two vessels which escaped destruction by the departing Confederate forces. Captured when the city fell the following day, the ironclad was taken into the United States Navy, but saw no service. Texas was laid up at Norfolk until 15 October 1867 when she was sold to J.N. Leonard. Nickname: Motto: Sic dic Itur Ad Astra (Thus do we reach the stars) Location in the Commonwealth of Virginia Coordinates: , Country State County Independent City Government - Mayor L. Douglas Wilder (I) Area - City 62. ... The christening of the USCGC Mackinaw (WLBB-30) The ceremonies involved in naming and launching naval ships are based in traditions thousands of years old. ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... // For other uses, see Robert E. Lee (disambiguation). ... is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... USN redirects here. ... is the 288th day of the year (289th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

Design

From a technological view, the CSS Texas was one of a series of three 'Tennessee class' ironclads. (The other two being the CSS Tennessee II and CSS Columbia) which embodied the latest developements in Confederate shipbuilding technology. Her casemate was diamond-shaped rather than being a sloped box as on earlier ships and fited snugly around the front, aft and side cannon placement. Instead of bolted on, the pilot house almost formed a seamless natural extension of the side armor. Details of her armament are sketchy, but her sister ship, the CSS Tennessee II ported 4 6.4 in. Brooke rifles, 2 7 in. Brooke rifles and a bolted-on spar torpedo. Also for the Tennessee II, Armor was given as 3 layers of 2 in, top speed as 5 knots and crew as 133 men. It is unclear however in how far the CSS Texas resembled the Tennessee II as other sources give her a (projected) speed of no less than 10 knots and note that both the Tennessee II and the Texas differed from the original design due to availability of key materials (in particular guns and engines) and due to improvements made during construction from lessons learned in combat. // CSS Tennessee, a slow-moving ironclad ram, was built at Selma, Alabama, where she was commissioned on February 16, 1864, Lieutenant James D. Johnston, CSN, in command. ... For other ships named Columbia, see USS Columbia CSS Columbia, an uncommonly strong ironclad ram, was constructed under contract at Charleston, South Carolina in 1864, of yellow pine and white oak with iron fastenings and 6-inch iron plating. ... A Casemate is a heavy duty structure originally a vaulted chamber in a fortress. ... Bridge of the tugboat Leao Dos Mares. ... // CSS Tennessee, a slow-moving ironclad ram, was built at Selma, Alabama, where she was commissioned on February 16, 1864, Lieutenant James D. Johnston, CSN, in command. ... A spar torpedo is a weapon consisting of a bomb placed at the end of a long pole, or spar, and attached to a boat. ...

CSS Texas in fiction

In the 2005 film Sahara based on Clive Cussler's 1992 novel Sahara, a fictional CSS Texas is supposed to have made the crossing to Africa during the end of the American Civil War and travelled up the Niger River before being buried in the deserts of Mali. Clive Eric Cussler (born July 15, 1931 in Aurora, Illinois)[1][2] is an American adventure novelist and successful amateur marine archaeologist. ... A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ... Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total... Map of Niger River with Niger River basin in green The Niger River is the principal river of western Africa, extending over 2500 miles (about 4180 km). ... This article is about arid terrain. ...

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See also

Three ships of the United States Navy have borne (and a fourth will soon bear) the name USS Texas, in honor of Texas, a region that, after being taken from its natives by first Spain and then Mexico, and later becoming an independent republic, was admitted to the United States...

External links

This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The Naval Historical Center (NHC) is the official history program of the United States Navy. ... The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ... The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS for short) is the primary reference work for the basic facts about every ship ever used by the United States Navy. ...

Categories: American Civil War stubs | Naval ship stubs | Naval ships of the Confederate States of America | Texas in the American Civil War Ironclad warships, frequently shortened to just ironclads, were ships sheathed with thick iron plates for protection. ... Navy Department Seal The Confederate States Navy (CSN) was the naval branch of the Confederate States armed forces established by an act of the Confederate Congress on February 21, 1861 responsible for Confederate naval operations during the American Civil War. ... See USS Albemarle and HMS Albemarle CSS Albemarle was an ironclad ram that was used as a gay pornagraphic studio of the Confederate Navy (and later the second Albemarle of the United States Navy), named for a town and a sound in North Carolina and a county in Virginia. ... The CSS Arkansas was a Confederate Ironclad warship during the American Civil War. ... CSS Baltic, an iron and cottonclad sidewheeler, was built in 1860 as a river tow boat, and belonged to the Southern Steamship Co. ... CSS Chicora, a Confederate ironclad ram, was built under contract at Charleston, South Carolina in 1862, by James M. Eason to John L. Porters plans, using up most of a $300,000 State appropriation for construction of marine batteries; Eason received a bonus for skill and promptitude. ... The CSS Charleston was a Confederate Navy ironclad ram during the American Civil War. ... For other ships named Columbia, see USS Columbia CSS Columbia, an uncommonly strong ironclad ram, was constructed under contract at Charleston, South Carolina in 1864, of yellow pine and white oak with iron fastenings and 6-inch iron plating. ... CSS Fredericksburg was an ironclad gunboat of the Confederate States Navy during the U.S. Civil War. ... Two ships of the United States Navy (and two of the Confederate States Navy) have been named USS Georgia and CSS Georgia in honor of the fourth state. ... The CSS Louisiana was an ironclad ship of the Confederate States Navy built to aid in defense of the lower Mississippi from invasion of the Union Navy. ... CSS Manassas, formerly the steam propeller Enoch Train, was built at Medford, Massachusetts, by J. O. Curtis in 1855. ... The CSS Muscogee, shown here on the Chattahoochee River, was still not completed when it was destroyed at the end of the Civil War by the Union Army. ... For other ships named Nashville, see USS Nashville CSS Nashville was a large side-wheel steam ironclad built by the Confederates at Montgomery, Alabama intended to exploit the availability of riverboat engines. ... For other ships named North Carolina, see USS North Carolina CSS North Carolina, an ironclad gunboat, was built by Berry & Brothers at Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1863 at a cost of $76,000. ... CSS Palmetto State, an ironclad ram, was built by Cameron and Co. ... For other ships named Raleigh, see CSS Raleigh CSS Raleigh, a steam sloop, was constructed by the Confederate States Navy at Wilmington, North Carolina in 1863-64, with Lieutenant John Wilkinson, CSN, commanding. ... CSS Richmond, an ironclad ram, was built at Gosport (Norfolk) Navy Yard to the design of John L. Porter with money and scrap iron collected by the citizens of Virginia, whose imagination had been captured by the ironclad CSS Virginia. ... CSS Savannah was a Richmond-class ironclad steam sloop in the Confederate States Navy during the U.S. Civil War. ... Kotetsu (Japanese: 甲鉄, literally Ironclad) was the first ironclad warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy. ... Lieutenant (later Commander) James D. Johnston, CSN, commander of the CSS Tennessee For other ships bearing the name Tennessee, see USS Tennessee CSS Tennessee, a slow-moving ironclad ram, was built at Selma, Alabama, where she was commissioned on February 16, 1864, Lieutenant James D. Johnston, CSN, in command. ... // CSS Tennessee, a slow-moving ironclad ram, was built at Selma, Alabama, where she was commissioned on February 16, 1864, Lieutenant James D. Johnston, CSN, in command. ... CSS Virginia was an ironclad warship of the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War (built using the remains of the scuttled USS Merrimack). ... CSS Virginia II, an ironclad ram, was laid down at the Confederate Navy Yard at Richmond, Virginia in 1863. ... This is a list of ships of the Confederate States Navy including a section for civilian blockade runners. ...

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