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USS_Atlanta_(1861)
is
As of April 13, 2026
163 years old
approximately!
Date of Birth
(1863 ) is
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 A sepia wash drawing of CSS Atlanta by R.G. Skerrett | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Fingal |
| Namesake | Fingal |
| Owner | Hutcheson's West Highland Service |
| Builder | J & G Thomson |
| Launched | 9 May 1861 |
| Fate | Sold to the Confederacy, 1861 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | About 700 tons (bm) |
| Length | 189 ft (57.6 m) |
| Beam | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
| Draft | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Depth of hold | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Installed power | 1 Tubular boiler |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
 Confederate States | |
 United States | |
| Name | CSS/USS Atlanta |
| Namesake | Atlanta |
| Builder | Asa and Nelson Tift |
| Acquired | September 1861 |
| Commissioned | 22 November 1862 |
| Decommissioned | 21 June 1865 |
| Captured | 17 June 1863, transferred to United States Navy in February 1864 |
| Fate | Sold to Haiti, 4 May 1869. Lost at sea, December 1869 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Casemate ironclad |
| Displacement | 1,006 long tons (1,022 t) |
| Length | 204 ft (62.2 m) |
| Beam | 41 ft (12.5 m) |
| Draft | 15 ft 9 in (4.8 m) |
| Depth of hold | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
| Speed | 7–10 knots (13–19 km/h; 8.1–11.5 mph) |
| Complement | 145 officers and men |
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- 1861 ships
- Ships built on the River Clyde
- Maritime incidents in June 1863
- Shipwrecks of the Carolina coast
- Ironclad warships of the Union navy
- Maritime incidents in December 1869
- Steamships of the United States Navy
- Use American English from January 2026
- Blockade runners of the American Civil War
- Vessels captured by the United States Navy
- Georgia (U.S. state) in the American Civil War
- Ironclad warships of the Confederate States Navy
- Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Haitian Navy
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