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Wilmington

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal

Casemate Ironclad:

Built 1864-65 for the the Confederate States Navy at Berry Brothers shipyard on Eagles Island across the river from Wilmington, N.C.

Designed by Chief Naval Constructor, John L. Porter, as a replacement for the rotten ironclad CSS North Carolina and the wrecked ironclad CSS Raleigh for the defence of the Cape Fear River in North Carolina

Wilmington may have been designed to force engagements on the Union blockaders as her sleek lines and powerful propulsion machinery suggest something more than a defensive role.

Wilmington was still on the stocks when the Union captured the city, 22 February 1865

Final Disposition, burned by the retreating Confederate troops to prevent her capture

Specifications:
Displacement unknown
Length 223'
Beam 41'
Draft 6'6"
Depth of Hold 12'
Speed unknown
Complement unknown

Armament

two guns

Propulsion

four tubular boilers

two high-pressure horizontal single-cylinder geared-direct-acting steam engines

two 8' propellers

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
098685001	101k	*Wilmington* plan		Robert Hurst
098685002	159k	Computer model of the unfinished *Wilmington* ©290 Foundation		Wiklipedia

Wilmington
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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