CSS Alabama

Sunk

Type	Sloop
War	American Civil War
Main guns	6 × 32 lb (15 kg) cannons, 1 × 110 lb (50 kg) cannon, 1 × 68 lb (31 kg) cannon

British-built commerce raider under Raphael Semmes. Captured or burned dozens of Union merchant ships and sank USS Hatteras in a two-year cruise. Sunk by Kearsarge off Cherbourg.

Painting of CSS Alabama Photo: Rear Admiral J. W. Schmidt [1], Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

6 × 32 lb (15 kg) cannons, 1 × 110 lb (50 kg) cannon, 1 × 68 lb (31 kg) cannon

Builder	John Laird Sons & Company
Laid down	1862
Launched	July 29, 1862
Commissioned	August 24, 1862
Displacement	1050 tons
Length	220 ft (67 m)
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement	145 officers and men

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

July 29, 1862

Action off Galveston

Survived

11 January 1863

Battle of Cherbourg

Sunk

19 June 1864

19 killed or drowned, 21 wounded