CSS Alabama's South Pacific Expeditionary Raid
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CSS Alabama's South Pacific Expeditionary Raid commenced shortly after the Confederate States Navy ship CSS Alabama left the Karimata Strait between Borneo and Sumatra heading east into the south Pacific Ocean on the most easterly extent of her voyages. The raid lasted from the beginning of December 1863 to Christmas (December 25), when the ship's captain, Semmes, made a decision to turn west back toward Europe for a planned overhaul and refit.
The primary area of operation during this expeditionary raid, was the southern Pacific Ocean, steaming east and then turning back west toward the Strait of Malacca.