CSS South Carolina IV

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:battleship
gptkbp:armament cannons
gptkbp:armor iron plating
casemate
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Charleston_Navy_Yard
gptkbp:captain gptkb:John_R._Tucker
gptkbp:captures Union ships
gptkbp:class gptkb:Confederate_ironclad
gptkbp:commissioned 1862
gptkbp:construction_started 1861
1862
gptkbp:crew approximately 100 men
gptkbp:cultural_impact American naval history
gptkbp:decommissioned 1865
gptkbp:design gptkb:David_Dixon_Porter
gptkbp:design_influence European ironclads
gptkbp:displacement 1,200 tons
gptkbp:engagements gptkb:Battle_of_Charleston_Harbor
gptkbp:fate sunk
scuttled
gptkbp:fighting_style gptkb:naval_warfare
gptkbp:historical_analysis military historians
gptkbp:historical_context gptkb:Confederate_Navy
gptkbp:historical_documentation naval archives
remnants found
gptkbp:historical_period 1862
Civil War era
gptkbp:historical_records documented engagements
gptkbp:historical_significance first ironclad built in the South
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Charleston,_South_Carolina
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label CSS South Carolina IV
gptkbp:influence_on subsequent naval designs
gptkbp:launched 1861
gptkbp:legacy influenced naval design
gptkbp:length 210 feet
gptkbp:military_strategy gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Sumter
gptkbp:name gptkb:CSS_South_Carolina_IV
gptkbp:notable_commanders gptkb:Confederate_Navy_officers
gptkbp:notable_feature ram bow
gptkbp:operational_period 1862-1865
gptkbp:operational_range inshore waters
gptkbp:preservation_efforts not preserved
gptkbp:primary_role coastal defense
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:railway
gptkbp:recognition gptkb:historical_markers
gptkbp:retired after the war
gptkbp:revival after the war
gptkbp:service gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:CSS_Virginia
gptkbp:speed 8 knots
gptkbp:status lost to history
gptkbp:strategic_importance gptkb:Charleston_Harbor
gptkbp:sunk accidental
gptkbp:type gptkb:battleship
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_the_USS_Kentucky
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5