Confederate Navy Ships

This is a list of ships of the Confederate States Navy (CSN), used by the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War between 1861 and 1865. Included are some types of civilian vessels, such as blockade runners, steamboats, and privateers which contributed to the war efforts by the CSN. Also included are special types of floating batteries and harbor defense craft.

The Secretary of the CS Navy, Stephen Mallory, was very aggressive on a limited budget in a land-focused war, and developed a two-pronged warship strategy of building ironclad warships for coastal and national defense, and commerce raiding cruisers, supplemented with exploratory use of special weapons such as torpedo boats and torpedoes.

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Ironclad Steam Powered Batteries

Floating Batteries

Cruisers

Gunboats

Torpedo Boats

Confederate Blockade Runners

Confederate Government Steamers

Confederate Government Transports

Cutters

Hospital Ships

Tenders and Tugs

Privateers

Submarines

Civilian Steamers

Civilian Transports

Civilian Blockade Runners

Foreign Blockade Runners

CSA Cotton Clads

Other CSA Boats

Source: Adapted from Wikipedia