CSS Bombshell
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Name | Bombshell |
Commissioned | April 1864 |
Decommissioned | May 5, 1864 |
Fate | Captured by Union Navy |
General characteristics | |
Length | 90 ft (27 m) |
Draft | 3 ft 6 in (1.07 m) |
Propulsion | Steam engine |
Complement | 37 officers and men |
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CSS Bombshell — believed to have been an Erie Canal steamer — was a U.S. Army transport. Bombshell was sunk by the Confederate batteries in Albemarle Sound, North Carolina on April 18, 1864. She was raised by the Confederate forces and taken into the Confederate States Navy under the command of Lieutenant , CSN. Bombshell was captured at the Battle of Albemarle Sound by USS Mattabesett and USS Sassacus on May 5, 1864 and sent to New York City.
References[]
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
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The Battle of Albemarle Sound, the CSS Bombshell is shown in the background.
Categories:
- Ships of the Confederate States Navy
- 1864 ships
- Ships captured by the United States Navy from the Confederate States Navy
- Maritime incidents in April 1864
- American Civil War stubs
- Naval ship stubs