CSS Nashville Civil War Ironclad

Still fitting out, she took no part in the Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5, 1864. She helped fend off attacks on Spanish Fort, Al. 27 Mar 65, supported Confederate commander Randall L Gibson until driven away by Federal batteries and shelled Federal troops near Fort Blakely 2 Apr 65. Retreated up Tombigbee River 12 Apr 65 when Mobile surrendered. Was one of the vessels formally surrendered by Commodore Ebenezer Farrand, CSN, at Nanna Hubba, Alabama on May 10, 1865. Commanders: Lieutenant Charles Carroll Simms (64), Lt. John W. Bennett (late 64 -May 65).

Although never quite finished, she had been heavily armored with triple 2-inch plating forward and around her pilot house, only a single thickness aft and there had been some doubts expressed that her builders might have overestimated her structural strength. Rear Admiral Henry K. Thatcher, USN, wrote on June 30, 1865, after survey, "She was hogged when surrendered and is not strong enough to bear the weight of her full armor." He was certain "she could not live in a seaway."

Nashville was purchased by the Navy Department and sold to breakers at New Orleans, Louisiana on November 22, 1867, her iron sheathing having been removed for naval use.

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The CSS Nashville surrendered at Nanna Hubba Bluff in Tombigbee River, Alabama on May 10, 1865. It was sold to be broken up on November 22, 1867.

These museum-quality scale Civil War replicas of one of history's most famous warships produced as Limited Edition ironclad models of the famous CSS Virginia, are certain to enthrall even the most discriminating naval historian or Civil War buff