CSS Selma

Captured

Type	Gunboat
War	American Civil War
Main guns	2 × 9 in (230 mm) smoothbore cannons

Captured by Metacomet at Mobile Bay.

The steamer Selma, captured in Mobile Bay by the Metacomet, August 5. --From a sketch by Francis M'Cabten. Francis M'Cabten; Francis M'Carten; Francis M'Ca?ten? McCabten; McCarten; McCa?ten Page 405. Illustration for Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, September 17, 1864. Photo: Unidentified engraver, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

2 × 9 in (230 mm) smoothbore cannons
1 × 8 in (200 mm) smoothbore cannon
1 × 6.4 in (160 mm) rifled cannon

Armour

3⁄8 in (9.5 mm) iron deck plating

Launched	1856
Commissioned	1861
Displacement	590 tons
Length	252 ft (77 m)
Speed	9 knots (17 km/h)
Complement	65 to 99 officers and men

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

Career

Launched

1856

Battle of Mobile Bay

Captured

5 August 1864

Fate

Captured

Sold into merchant service 16 July 1865

Sunk 24 June 1868