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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- SHIPS of the CONFEDERATE STATES --
CSS Texas (1865)
CSS Texas, a 217-foot long ironclad ram, was launched
at Richmond, Virginia, in January 1865. She was still fitting
out when Federal forces captured the Confederate capital city
in April 1865. The incomplete Texas was captured and taken
to the Norfolk Navy Yard where she was sold in October 1867.
This page features our only views related to CSS Texas.
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a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 76388
CSS Texas (1865)
Colored machinery arrangement plan, including a cross-section
of the hull through the boilers. The ship was launched in January
1865 at the C.S. Naval Works, Richmond, Virginia, but was not
completed.
Prior to its acquisition by the National Archives, this drawing
was in the files of the U.S. Navy's Bureau of Construction and
Repair.
The original is plan # 81-12-2H in Record Group 19 at the U.S.
National Archives.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 194KB; 1200 x 860
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Photo #: NH 76389
Brooke Single-Banded Rifled Gun
Colored plan of a gun and mounting intended for the Confederate
ironclad Texas, which was launched in January 1865 at
Richmond, Virginia, but not completed. Inscribed in the lower
left of the drawing is: "Arranged and executed under the
direction of George T. Grey (?) Supdt. and Constr. of Naval Gun
Carriages, Naval Ordnance Works. Gun Carriage Dept., Richmond,
Va., 1864."
Prior to its acquisition by the National Archives, this drawing
was in the files of the U.S. Navy's Bureau of Construction and
Repair.
The original is plan # 81-12-22 in Record Group 19 at the U.S.
National Archives.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 207KB; 1200 x 810
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