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     Vessels named CSS NEW ORLEANS

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CSS NEW ORLEANS

 

 

In the short four-year history of the Confederate States of America (1861~1865), only one ship bore the name of NEW ORLEANS, the largest city in Louisiana at that time.

 

The Confederate NEW ORLEANS (1861 ~ April 07, 1862):

 

CSS NEW ORLEANS was a floating battery fitted out at New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1861. She featured "two small boilers with pump connections," designed to repel boarders by drenching them with scalding water from her hoses. She deployed under Lieutenant S.W. Averett, CSN, in the Mississippi River in time to assist joint Army-Navy operations at Island No. 10 and New Madrid, Missouri. These operations lasted from March 12 to April 07, 1862. On the final day of this engagement, the Confederates—avoiding capture—sank NEW ORLEANS during the evacuation of Island No. 10.

 

Ship's Statistics

 

Final Disposition

Sunk to prevent capture—April 07, 1862

Armament

Seventeen 8-inch cannons

One 9-inch cannon

Two 32-pounder rifles

 

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All information listed above courtesy of the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships unless otherwise noted.
 

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