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    CSS Arkansas was the lead ship of her class of two casemate ironclads built for the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. Completed in...
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    with CSS Arkansas as that ship successfully ran past the Union fleets in front of the city. On 23 July, Essex unsuccessfully attacked the Arkansas at her...
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    CSS Virginia was the first steam-powered ironclad warship built by the Confederate States Navy during the first year of the American Civil War; she was...
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  • Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine, announced in June 2016. CSS Arkansas This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names...
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  • song "Arkansas", a song from the 1975 Glen Campbell album Arkansas CSS Arkansas, launched 1862, served in the American Civil War USS Arkansas, various...
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    Yazoo City, Mississippi, to take command of the unfinished ironclad CSS Arkansas and complete her construction in the worst of conditions. After successfully...
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    CSS Manassas, formerly the steam icebreaker Enoch Train, was built in 1855 by James O. Curtis as a twin-screw towboat at Medford, Massachusetts. A New...
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    commander of the CSS McRae was wounded on April 24, 1862, Read took command of the ship. Read then served as executive officer of the CSS Arkansas during its...
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    gleaned from the exploits of such vessels as CSS Virginia herself, CSS Arkansas, CSS Albemarle and CSS Tennessee (1863).[citation needed] In their specific...
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    Virginia Navy. She was subsequently commissioned into the Confederate navy as CSS United States, but was later scuttled by Confederate forces. The U.S. Navy...
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    CSS Albemarle, twin-screw steamer, ironclad ram, sunk: October 28, 1864 CSS Arkansas, twin-screw steamer, ironclad ram, destroyed: August 5, 1862 CSS Atlanta...
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    Bowen 1st Missouri 9th Arkansas 10th Arkansas 6th Mississippi 33rd Mississippi Caruthers' Mississippi Sharpshooters CSS Arkansas; Lieut. Charles W. Read...
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    Vicksburg campaign and attempting to blockade the Confederate ironclad, Arkansas, in the Yazoo River. On 15 July, however, the Southern warship bested a...
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    Memphis, Tennessee, from April through June, and the engagement with CSS Arkansas on 15 July, during which Carondelet was heavily damaged and suffered...
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    were forced to take shelter under cover of their gunboats. The ironclad CSS Arkansas was intended to support Breckinridge's attack by moving down the Red...
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  • USS Akron CSS Alabama Russian frigate Alexander Nevsky, a Russian steam frigate; stranded off Thyborøn in 1868 while carrying the crown prince CSS Arkansas SMS Blücher...
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    battle of Memphis was, aside from the later appearance of the ironclad CSS Arkansas, the final challenge to the federal thrust down the Mississippi River...
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  • a brief Confederate experiment in deploying a casemate ironclad, the CSS Arkansas, in a river defense role. Important battles in the Tennessee and Cumberland...
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    CSS Jamestown, originally a side-wheel, passenger steamer, was built at New York City in 1853, and seized at Richmond, Virginia in 1861 for the Virginia...
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    the 22nd, Porter took Essex out to attack the Confederate ironclad ram CSS Arkansas which had recently left the Yazoo River and taken cover under Vicksburg's...
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    ironclad ram CSS Arkansas which had eluded capture at Memphis and sought refuge far up the Yazoo. The falling waters of the Yazoo forced Arkansas downriver;...
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    and USS Tyler engaged the Confederate ironclad ram CSS Arkansas in the Yazoo River. The Arkansas was heavily damaged but escaped into the Mississippi...
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    with only token support from the Army. On July 17, 1862, the armored CSS Arkansas encountered USS Carondelet and two other vessels on the Yazoo River....
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    and USS Tyler engaged the Confederate ironclad ram CSS Arkansas on the Yazoo River. The Arkansas was heavily damaged but escaped into the Mississippi...
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    Confederate States Navy included defending New Orleans, service on CSS Arkansas and CSS Florida, and command of a series of captured Union ships that culminated...
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    City in 1853. During the American Civil War, the Confederate ironclad CSS Arkansas was completed at a makeshift shipyard in Yazoo City after the Confederate...
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    CSS Ellis (later USS Ellis) was a gunboat in the Confederate States Navy and the United States Navy during the American Civil War. It was lost during...
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    inflicted many casualties. On the second day of the battle, USS Monitor engaged CSS Virginia, allowing tugs to free Minnesota on the morning of 10 March. Minnesota...
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    frigate of the United States Navy. She was the first ship sunk by the ironclad CSS Virginia. Cumberland began in the pages of a Congressional Act. Congress...
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    Washington, CSS Pamlico 28 Apr: CSS Louisiana, CSS McRae April (unknown date): CSS Jackson, CSS Oregon, CSS Carondelet 10 May: USS Cincinnati, CSS Germantown...
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