Arkansas-class ironclad

The Arkansas-class ironclads were a class of two casemate ironclads ordered by the Confederate States Navy in 1861 to operate in the Western and Trans-Mississippi theaters of the American Civil War.[1]

The C. S. S. Arkansas by R. G. Skerrett
Class overview
NameArkansas-class ironclad
BuildersJohn T. Shirley, Memphis, Tennessee
OperatorsConfederate States of America Confederate States Navy
Built1861–1862
In service1862
Planned2
Completed1
Lost2
General characteristics
TypeCasemate ironclad
Length165 ft (50.3 m)
Beam35 ft (10.7 m)
Draft11 ft 6 in (3.51 m)
Installed power2 propellers
Propulsion2 Steam engines
Speed7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph)
Complement200 officers and enlisted men
ArmamentDesigned for 6–8 guns

Ships
Construction data
Ship name Builder[1] Laid down[1] Launched[1] Commissioned[1] Fate[1]
CSS Arkansas John T. Shirley, Memphis, Tennessee October 1861 22 April 1862 26 May 1862 Destroyed to prevent capture, 6 August 1862
CSS Tennessee — Burned to prevent capture, 5 June 1862

Notes
  1. This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

References
  1. Silverstone, pp. 150–151

Bibliography
  • Bisbee, Saxon T. (2018). Engines of Rebellion: Confederate Ironclads and Steam Engineering in the American Civil War. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press. ISBN 978-0-81731-986-1.
  • Canney, Donald L. (2015). The Confederate Steam Navy 1861-1865. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7643-4824-2.
  • Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). Civil War Navies 1855–1883. The U.S. Navy Warship Series. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-97870-X.
  • Still, William N., Jr. (1985) [1971]. Iron Afloat: The Story of the Confederate Armorclads. Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 0-87249-454-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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