CSS Louisiana

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:boat
gptkbp:armament cannons
gptkbp:armor iron plating
gptkbp:associated_with New Orleans history
gptkbp:battle gptkb:Battle_of_Forts_Jackson_and_St._Philip
gptkbp:builder gptkb:New_Orleans
gptkbp:captain gptkb:John_M._Maffitt
gptkbp:captures gptkb:Union_forces
gptkbp:class gptkb:boat
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:Confederate_States_Navy
gptkbp:construction_started 1861
gptkbp:crew approximately 100 men
gptkbp:decommissioned 1862
gptkbp:defeated 1862
gptkbp:design sidewheel steamer
gptkbp:displacement approximately 1,000 tons
gptkbp:engagements gptkb:Battle_of_New_Orleans
gptkbp:fate sunk
destroyed by Union forces
gptkbp:historical_context gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:historical_event gptkb:New_Orleans_Campaign
gptkbp:historical_period Civil War era
gptkbp:historical_significance first ironclad warship of the Confederacy
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:New_Orleans
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label CSS Louisiana
gptkbp:launched 1861
gptkbp:length approximately 200 feet
gptkbp:location gptkb:Mississippi_River
gptkbp:notable_feature armored hull
gptkbp:operated_by gptkb:Confederate_Navy
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Confederate_naval_fleet
gptkbp:previous_name gptkb:Louisiana
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:railway
gptkbp:recommissioned as a Confederate warship
gptkbp:replaced_by gptkb:CSS_Arkansas
gptkbp:role gptkb:blockade
gptkbp:scuttled by crew
gptkbp:service gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:significance symbol of Confederate naval power
gptkbp:speed 6 knots
gptkbp:sunk 1862
in the river
gptkbp:type gptkb:Confederate_Navy_warship
gptkbp:used_in gptkb:naval_warfare
gptkbp:width approximately 40 feet
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_Mobile_Bay
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4