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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:starship
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Confederate_States_Navy
gptkb:Confederation_Navy
gptkb:Confederate_Navy
gptkb:Battle_of_Mobile_Bay
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gptkbp:armament
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six 32-pounder guns
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gptkbp:collects
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gptkb:USS_Kearsarge
gptkb:Union_forces
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gptkbp:commanded
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over 60 merchant vessels
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:Captain_Semmes
gptkb:Captain_Raphael_Semmes
gptkb:Raphael_Semmes
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gptkbp:commissioned
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gptkb:Confederate_Navy
August 1862
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gptkbp:constructed_in
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gptkb:Laird_Brothers
gptkb:Birkenhead,_England
gptkb:Confederate_Navy
disrupt Union trade
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gptkbp:crew
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approximately 150
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gptkbp:decommissioned
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June 1864
sinking in battle
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gptkbp:displacement
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1,050 tons
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gptkbp:famous_for
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commerce raiding
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gptkbp:fate
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sunk by USS Kearsarge
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gptkbp:flag
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gptkb:Confederate_States_Navy_flag
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gptkbp:historical_period
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gptkb:American_Civil_War
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gptkbp:historical_significance
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raider of Union shipping
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gptkbp:home_port
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gptkb:Brest,_France
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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CSS Alabama
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gptkbp:is_effective_against
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Union merchant ships
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gptkbp:is_engaged_in
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gptkb:battle
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gptkbp:is_involved_in
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international diplomacy
blockade running
the Battle of Cherbourg.
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gptkbp:is_known_for
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its speed and agility
commerce raiding capabilities
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gptkbp:is_part_of
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raiding strategy
the Confederate naval strategy
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gptkbp:key_people
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naval engagements
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gptkbp:launched
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gptkb:the_American_Civil_War
gptkb:Laird_Brothers_shipyard
February 18, 1862
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gptkbp:length
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220 feet
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gptkbp:losses
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gptkb:USS_Hatteras
gptkb:Battle_of_Cherbourg
June 19, 1864
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gptkbp:notable_battle
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gptkb:Battle_of_Cherbourg
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gptkbp:notable_event
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gptkb:Battle_of_Cherbourg
naval history
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gptkbp:notable_for
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longest cruise of a Confederate raider
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gptkbp:operates_in
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gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
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gptkbp:part_of
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gptkb:Confederate_States_Navy
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gptkbp:sailing_event
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gptkb:Cherbourg,_France
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gptkbp:services
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gptkb:American_Civil_War
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gptkbp:significance
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naval vessel in the Civil War
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:CSS_Shenandoah
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gptkbp:symbol
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Confederate naval power
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gptkbp:targets
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gptkb:Union_naval_forces
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gptkbp:type
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screw sloop-of-war
Confederate Navy ship
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gptkbp:was_a
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steam sloop-of-war
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