CSS Manassas

CSS Manassas, formerly the steam icebreaker Enoch Train, was built in 1855 by James O. Curtis as a twin-screw towboat at Medford, Massachusetts. A New Orleans commission merchant, Captain John A. Stevenson, acquired her for use as a privateer after she was captured by another privateer CSS Ivy. Her fitting out as Manassas was completed at Algiers, Louisiana; her conversion to a ram of a radically modern design made her the first ironclad ship built for the Confederacy.

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length 44 metre, beam 10 metre, draft 5.2 metre, speed 10 knot, 
ironclad warship, Confederate States Navy, 

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Location: 29.3597, -89.4519, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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  CSS Louisiana ⓘ
  Confederate casemate ironclad

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  CSS Manassas ⓘ
  first Confederate ironclad warship

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ship decommissioning

1861-09-12T00:00:00Z

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ship commissioning

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1853-01-01T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1815-01-09T00:00:00Z

1815-01-18T00:00:00Z

1815 Siege of Fort St. Philip

1861-10-12T00:00:00Z

1861-10-12T00:00:00Z

1861 Battle of the Head of Passes

1862-04-18T00:00:00Z

1862-04-28T00:00:00Z

1862 Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip

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Frameless

USS Brooklyn and the CSS Manassas

C.S.S. Manassas, armored ram, by R. G. Skerrett, 1904

CSS Manassas attacks Richmond

Capture of New Orleans 1862

C.S.S. Manassas, armored ram, 1904 - NARA - 512991

The Battle at the southwest pass - the ram "Manassas" attacking the "Richmond" LCCN94501534

Com. Farragut's fleet, passing the forts on the Mississippi, April 24th 1862 The U.S. Frigate Mississippi destroying the rebel ram Manassas. LCCN90716203

Farragut's fleet passing the forts of the Lower Mississippi (Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip)

Farragut's fleet passing the forts of the Lower Mississippi (Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip)

J.O. Davidson, Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1815	Siege of Fort St. Philip	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1861	Battle of the Head of Passes	naval battle, United States, Confederate States of America	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1862	Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip	battle	Wikidata
object	watercraft		CSS Louisiana	casemate ironclad	Wikidata
object	watercraft		CSS Manassas	ironclad warship	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Jackson	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort St. Philip	fort	Wikidata
commons	image		USS Brooklyn and the CSS Manassas		Commons
commons	image		C.S.S. Manassas, armored ram, by R. G. Skerrett, 1904		Commons
commons	image		CSS Manassas attacks Richmond		Commons
commons	image		Capture of New Orleans 1862		Commons
commons	image		C.S.S. Manassas, armored ram, 1904 - NARA - 512991		Commons
commons	image		The Battle at the southwest pass - the ram "Manassas" attacking the "Richmond" LCCN94501534		Commons
commons	image		Com. Farragut's fleet, passing the forts on the Mississippi, April 24th 1862 The U.S. Frigate Mississippi destroying the rebel ram Manassas. LCCN90716203		Commons
commons	image		Farragut's fleet passing the forts of the Lower Mississippi (Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip)		Commons
commons	image		Farragut's fleet passing the forts of the Lower Mississippi (Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip)		Commons
commons	image		J.O. Davidson, Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip		Commons