Back سیاساس جورجیا (باتری) Persian ジョージア (装甲艦) Japanese CSS Georgia (couraçado) Portuguese CSS Georgia (броненосець) Ukrainian
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| History | |
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 Confederate States of America | |
| Name | Georgia |
| Namesake | Georgia |
| Laid down | 1862 |
| Launched | 1863 |
| Commissioned | 1863 |
| Decommissioned | December 21, 1864 |
| Fate | Scuttled to prevent capture. Currently undergoing salvage. |
| General characteristics | |
| Length | 250 ft (76 m) |
| Beam | 60 ft (18 m) |
| Complement | 200 officers and men |
| Armament | 4 to 9 heavy cannons |
CSS GEORGIA (ironclad) | |
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| Nearest city | Savannah, Georgia |
| Area | 1.6 acres (0.65 ha) |
| Built | 1862 |
| Engineer | Alvin N. Miller[2] |
| NRHP reference No. | 86003746[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 10, 1987 |
CSS Georgia, also known as State of Georgia and Ladies' Ram, was an ironclad warship built in Savannah, Georgia in 1862 during the American Civil War.[3] The Ladies' Gunboat Association raised $115,000 for her construction to defend the port city of Savannah.[4]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "Articles | Civil War Round Table of Augusta". www.civilwarroundtableaugustaga.com.
- ^ Watts, Gordon P; James Jr, Stephen R. (February 2007). "In Situ Archaeological Evaluation of the CSS Georgia Savannah Harbor, Georgia" (PDF). Final Grant Report to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 8, 2012. Retrieved May 7, 2012.
- ^ Anuskiewicz, Richard J; Garrison, Ervan G. (1992). "Underwater archaeology by braille: Survey methodology and site characterization modeling in a blackwater environment - A study of a scuttled confederate ironclad, CSS Georgia". In: Cahoon, LB. (Ed.) Proceedings of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences Twelfth Annual Scientific Diving Symposium "Diving for Science 1992". Held September 24–27, 1992 at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, NC. American Academy of Underwater Sciences. Archived from the original on September 5, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2011.