CSS Arkansas IV

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:starship
gptkbp:armament cannons
gptkbp:armor iron plating
gptkbp:beam 40 feet
gptkbp:class gptkb:Arkansas-class_ironclad
gptkbp:collects gptkb:Union_forces
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Isaac_N._Brown
gptkbp:commissioned 1862
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:Louisiana
gptkb:New_Orleans
1861-1862
gptkbp:crew approximately 100 men
gptkbp:decommissioned 1863
gptkbp:defense_mechanism armored hull
gptkbp:design gptkb:John_L._Porter
gptkbp:displacement 1,200 tons
gptkbp:draft_year 8 feet
gptkbp:engagements multiple skirmishes
gptkbp:fate sunk
scuttled
gptkbp:historical_context naval technology evolution
gptkbp:historical_period gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:historical_significance Civil War naval warfare
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Vicksburg,_Mississippi
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label CSS Arkansas IV
gptkbp:launched 1862
gptkbp:legacy influence on naval design
gptkbp:length 165 feet
gptkbp:losses gptkb:Union_Navy
August 6, 1863
gptkbp:mission blockade running
gptkbp:notable_battle gptkb:Battle_of_Mobile_Bay
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Battle_of_Baton_Rouge
gptkbp:notable_feature ram bow
gptkbp:operational_area 1862-1863
gptkbp:operational_range gptkb:river
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:railway_line
gptkbp:replaced_by gptkb:none
gptkbp:reunion not applicable
gptkbp:role coastal defense
gptkbp:services gptkb:Confederate_States_Navy
gptkbp:significance first ironclad built in the South
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:CSS_Tennessee
gptkbp:speed 6 knots
gptkbp:type ironclad
gptkbp:year_created 1862
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_the_USS_Kentucky
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5