The CSS Alabama was engaged in a sea battle with the USS Kearsage in 1864. The Kearsage sunk the Alabama just off the French coast at Cherbourg.
The CSS Alabama had been hugely successful in sinking Union cargo ships yet it never was engaged in a sea battle with a Union warship. This changed in January of 1863. The USS Hatteras was on blockade duty off the coast of Galveston, Texas. The Alabama and the Hatters had a short engagement in which the Hatteras was lost due to the better cannons of the CSS Alabama.
CSS Alabama was created on 1862-08-24.
CSS Alabama ended on 1864-06-19.
The CSS Alabama was sunk by the US Navy off the coast of France, near Cherbourg, in 1864.
Confederate States Ship Alabama .
The CSS Alabama was basically destroyed off the coast of Cherourge, France. The serious damage was the result of the cannon fire from the USS Kearsarge .
The Union ship, Kearsarge, sunk the Confederate ship, Alabama.
The US ship, Kearsarge, sunk the Alabama near Cherbourg, France.
It was, in fact, not won by anyone. The two ironclads USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (Merrimack) fought against each other for hours. The cannons would not pierce either ship and the battle ended in a draw.
The CSS Alabama was commissioned on August 24, 1862. It was built by Great Britain and was disguised as a supply ship while in British waters. It became a deadly Southern warship.
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