CSS Alabama II

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:starship
gptkbp:armament 6 guns
gptkbp:collects gptkb:USS_Kearsarge
gptkbp:commanded over 60
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Raphael_Semmes
gptkbp:commissioned 1862
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:Laird_Brothers
gptkb:Birkenhead,_England
gptkb:Confederate_Navy
gptkbp:crew 150 men
gptkbp:decommissioned 1864
gptkbp:displacement 1,050 tons
gptkbp:famous_for disrupting Union shipping
raiding Union commerce
gptkbp:fate sunk
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Confederate_Navy_Jack
gptkbp:has_role in the Civil War
gptkbp:historical_figure gptkb:Raphael_Semmes
gptkbp:historical_impact influenced naval tactics
gptkbp:historical_period gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:historical_significance commerce raider
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Liverpool
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label CSS Alabama II
gptkbp:is_engaged_in off the coast of France
commerce raiding
gptkbp:launched 1862
gptkbp:legacy symbol of Confederate naval power
gptkbp:length 220 feet
gptkbp:losses gptkb:USS_Kearsarge
June 19, 1864
over 2,000 tons
gptkbp:notable_battle Battle of the Kearsarge
June 19, 1864
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Battle_of_Cherbourg
sinking in 1864
gptkbp:notable_feature screw propeller
gptkbp:notable_for attacked Union merchant ships
gptkbp:notable_ships gptkb:USS_Kearsarge
gptkbp:operates_under Confederate flag
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
1862-1864
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Confederate_States_Navy
gptkbp:reputation successful raider
gptkbp:role gptkb:battle
gptkbp:services 1862-1864
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:CSS_Florida
gptkbp:speed 13 knots
gptkbp:type screw sloop-of-war
gptkbp:year_created August 24, 1862
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:the_Confederate_Navy
gptkb:Battle_of_the_USS_Kentucky
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5