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What US ship sank the CSS Alabama?
The Union ship, Kearsarge, sunk the Confederate ship, Alabama.
What was the name of the ship that got sunk by a confederate submarine?
The USS Housatonic, sunk by the Confederate submarine CSS Hunley.
What was the name of the Confederate ship that first sunk an enemy ship?
the siege
What ship sank the CSS Alabama and where?
The US ship, Kearsarge, sunk the Alabama near Cherbourg, France.
What us ship sank the css Alabama and where?
The US ship, Kearsarge, sunk the Alabama near Cherbourg, France.
What was the purpose of the South's CSS Alabama?
The CSS Alabama was built for the Confederate States of America. It became a deadly menace for Union shipping during the US Civil War. The ship was assigned to seize or sink Union cargo vessels. and inflict damage to the Union's economy. Almost 70 Union cargo ships were sunk by this Confederate warship.
What Union ship was lost at the Battle of Mobile Bay in 1864?
When Union Admiral Farragut was preparing to assault the port of Mobile, Alabama, he knew it would be dangerous. He faced a Rebel naval force and also Confederate mines and torpedoes. The USS Tecumseh was supposed to hug the shoreline, however it strayed away. The ship hit a torpedo and was sunk.
Where was the CSS Alabama sunk?
The CSS Alabama was sunk by the US Navy off the coast of France, near Cherbourg, in 1864.
What was the name of the most famous Confederate raiding ship?
With all certainty, the CSS Alabama was the most successful Confederate warship. The ship came into being through the efforts of the Confederate Secretary of War, Mallory. He sent former US Naval officer James D. Bulloch to England to purchase the construction of two light wooden cruisers the CSS Florida and the CSS Alabama. The Alabama was captained by a former US Naval officer, Raphael Semmes. In a two year period, the CSS Alabama sunk 65 Union ships. In 1864, the ship engaged in battle the USS Kearsage, and lost the battle, ending her terror on Union shipping.
Which ship fought in the first battle between ironclads?
The Union ship the "Monitor", and the Confederate ship "Virginia". The Virginia was formerly the Union vessel "Merrimack", which was sunk and raised, refitted with iron plates by the Confederates. The battle was a tactical draw, as neither ship could do much damage.
What happened to the bodies that were not found on the Titanic Ship?
they sunk with the ship
What is the biggest sunk ship?
The titanic
