C.S.S. Columbia
1864
(Aquarius AQ-S-22)
- Class: Columbia - 2 casemate ironclads of 1864
- Displacement:
- Dimensions: 218' (oa) 189' (bp) x 51'4" x 13'6"
- Machinery: 1 screw, 2 horizontal direct-acting HP engines,
5 boilers
- Armor: 6"
- Armament: 6 guns
- Complement: 50
- Builder: Jones & Eason; Charleston
- Laid down:
- Launched: 10 Mar 1864
- Commissioned: 1864
- Notes: Sister ship Texas had same basic design but
shorter casemate; seized by USN at Richmond before completion, 3 Apr 1865.
- Service: Defense of Charleston. Ran on a sunken wreck near
Ft. Moultrie, 12 Jan 1865. Salvaged by USN and towed to Norfolk, 25 May 1865.
Sold to breakers 10 Oct 1867.
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