After leaving England in the guise of a merchant ship, she rendezvoused at sea with supply ships, was outfitted as a combatant and placed in commission on 24 August 1862. The CSS Arkansas is also a 1/96 scale model as with the CSS Alabama 1/96th. Construction began on the ironclad in Memphis, TN late 1861. Here's a comparison image of them on my dry dock: There are many excellent blogs on information about the CSS Alabama here on CWT, just do a search and you will find excellent reference material as I have found. On June 20, 1863, during a mission known as the "South Atlantic Expeditionary Raid," Capt. CSS Alabama and its wreck site, in accordance with the laws of France governing underwater archaeology, and from 1988 to the present, has successfully financed, exclusively from French sources, and conducted seven annual investigations of the 100407-N-9009S-001 WASHINGTON (April 7, 2010) Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kenneth G. Takada examines a fire hose nozzle recovered from the wreck of CSS Alabama at the conservation laboratory at Naval History and Heritage Command Underwater Archeology Branch. The 2000 CSS Alabama archaeological expedition 2000 is geared toward building on previous research at the site to develop an enhanced plan of the wreck. Towed to Yazoo City, MS for completion in order to prevent her from falling into Union hands prior to the loss of Memphis. Wreck currently buried under levee at this point on the west bank of the Mississippi. Confederate ironclad scuttled by her crew, August 6, 1862. Alabama served as a successful commerce raider, attacking Union merchant and naval ships over the course of her two-year career, during which she never docked at a Southern port. CSS Alabama, a 1050-ton screw steam sloop of war, was built at Birkenhead, England, for the Confederate Navy. CSS Alabama - Construction . CSS Alabama was a screw sloop-of-war built in 1862 for the Confederate States Navy at Birkenhead on the River Mersey opposite Liverpool, England by John Laird Sons and Company. That plan will be used to control development of a photo-mosaic of the site that will provide the first image of the entire wreck. There is also a CSS Alabama Association and both the University of Alabama and Marshall University maintain special collections referencing the ship. She was sunk in battle by the USS Kearsarge in June 1864 at the Battle … Raphael Semmes and his Confederate commerce raider CSS Alabama captured the Conrad carrying a cargo of wool and goat skins off the Brazilian coast as it sailed from … Arkansas. Afloat on the high seas by the summer of 1862, the CSS Alabama harried Yankee traders and took nearly 60 prizes, dealing a blow to the American merchant marine from which it never truly recovered. Operating in England, Confederate agent James Bulloch was tasked with establishing contacts and finding vessels for the fledgling Confederate Navy.Establishing a relationship with Fraser, Trenholm & Company, a respected shipping company, to facilitate the sale of Southern cotton, he was later able to use the firm as a front for his naval activities. C.S.S. CSS Alabama was a screw sloop-of-war built for the Confederate States Navy at Birkenhead, England, in 1862 by John Laird Sons and Company.3 Alabama served as a successful commerce raider, attacking Union merchant and naval ships over the course of her two-year career, during which she never anchored in a Southern port. CSS Alabama The first CSS Tuscaloosa began its maritime career as the American merchant ship Conrad out of Philadelphia. In Memphis, TN late 1861 entire wreck buried under levee at this point on the ironclad in Memphis TN. 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