Out of service August 7, 1864 Construction started 1863 | Laid down 1863 Armament 6 guns Launched March 1864 | |
Length 250 or 152 ft (76.2 or 46.3 m) Builder Selma, Alabama in the American Civil War | ||
CSS Phoenix was a Confederate ironclad floating battery built at Selma, Alabama from 1863–64.
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Phoenix was built at the Confederate Naval Works at Selma in 1863 and launched in March 1864. She was severely damaged during the launching and subsequently could not be used as a warship. She was brought to Mobile and scuttled by Confederate forces at the Dog River Bar in Mobile Bay on August 7, 1864. She was blown up a few nights later by Union sailors from the USS Metacomet. The Confederates then burned her to the waterline. The wreck was located in 1985 and determined to be well preserved.
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