Ironclad Floating Batteries



CS Navy ironclad floating batteries lacked steam engines for propulsion and were towed into firing positions.

  • CSS Arctic, ironclad floating battery, scuttled: 24 December 1864
  • CSS Georgia, ironclad floating battery, scuttled: December 21, 1864
  • CSS Phoenix, ironclad floating battery, destroyed: 1865>
  • Wooden Floating Batteries

    The Floating Battery of Charleston Harbor


    CS Navy wooden floating batteries were towed into firing positions, and as in the case at Charleston Harbor, used for makeshift defense.

  • CSS Danube, floating battery[34]
  • CSS Memphis, floating battery[35]
  • CSS New Orleans, floating battery, scuttled: April 7, 1862[36]
  • Floating Battery of Charleston Harbor
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