CSS Alabama

GPTKB entity

Statements (61)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:battleship
gptkbp:armament six 32-pounder guns
gptkbp:battle gptkb:Battle_of_Cherbourg
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Laird_Brothers
gptkbp:built disrupt Union trade
gptkbp:built_in gptkb:Birkenhead,_England
gptkbp:captain gptkb:Raphael_Semmes
gptkbp:captures gptkb:USS_Kearsarge
gptkb:Union_forces
gptkbp:commanded over 60 merchant vessels
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Captain_Semmes
gptkb:Captain_Raphael_Semmes
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Confederate_Navy
August 1862
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:Confederate_Navy
gptkbp:crew_capacity approximately 150
gptkbp:decommissioned June 1864
sinking in battle
gptkbp:displacement 1,050 tons
gptkbp:engaged_in gptkb:naval_warfare
gptkbp:famous_for commerce raiding
gptkbp:fate sunk by USS Kearsarge
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Confederate_States_Navy_flag
gptkbp:historical_period gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:historical_significance raider of Union shipping
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Brest,_France
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label CSS Alabama
gptkbp:is_a_symbol_of Confederate naval power
gptkbp:is_known_for commerce raiding capabilities
gptkbp:is_significant_for naval vessel in the Civil War
gptkbp:key_player naval engagements
gptkbp:launched February 18, 1862
gptkbp:launched_in gptkb:the_American_Civil_War
gptkb:Laird_Brothers_shipyard
gptkbp:length 220 feet
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Battle_of_Cherbourg
naval history
gptkbp:notable_for longest cruise of a Confederate raider
gptkbp:operated_against Union merchant ships
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Confederate_States_Navy
gptkbp:service gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:successor gptkb:CSS_Shenandoah
gptkbp:sunk gptkb:USS_Hatteras
gptkb:Cherbourg,_France
gptkb:Battle_of_Cherbourg
June 19, 1864
gptkbp:targets gptkb:Union_naval_forces
gptkbp:type screw sloop-of-war
Confederate Navy ship
gptkbp:was_a steam sloop-of-war
gptkbp:was_involved_in international diplomacy
blockade running
the Battle of Cherbourg.
gptkbp:was_known_for its speed and agility
gptkbp:was_part_of raiding strategy
the Confederate naval strategy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Confederate_States_Navy
gptkb:Confederation_Navy
gptkb:Battle_of_Mobile_Bay
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4