CSS Selma
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CSS Selma was a steamship in the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. She served in the Confederate Navy first as Florida, and later as Selma. She was captured by the Union Navy steamer USS Metacomet during the Battle of Mobile Bay. She served as USS Selma until the end of the war, when she was decommissioned and sold for use as a merchant ship.
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CSS Selma | |
History | |
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Confederate States | |
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Namesake | |
Operator | Confederate States Navy |
Launched | 1856 |
Commissioned | 1861 |
Renamed | Selma, July 1862 |
Fate | Captured at Battle of Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864 |
United States | |
Name | Selma |
Operator | Union Navy |
Acquired | 5 August 1864 |
Decommissioned | 16 July 1865 |
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General characteristics | |
Displacement | 590 tons |
Length | 252 ft (77 m) |
Beam | 30 ft (9.1 m) |
Draft | 6 ft (1.8 m) |
Propulsion | Steam engine |
Speed | 9 knots (17 km/h) |
Complement | 65 to 99 officers and men |
Armament |
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Armor | 3⁄8 in (9.5 mm) iron deck plating |
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