CSS Texas

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:battleship
gptkbp:action defense of Galveston
gptkbp:armament cannons
gptkbp:armor ironclad
gptkbp:associated_with Confederate Navy history
gptkbp:beam 60 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Galveston,_Texas
gptkbp:built_in gptkb:Texas
gptkbp:captain Captain John A. Wharton
gptkbp:captures gptkb:Union_forces
gptkbp:class Texas-class battleship
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Confederate_Navy
1865
gptkbp:crew approximately 150 men
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Confederate_Navy
1866
gptkbp:defunct after the war
gptkbp:design gptkb:battleship
gptkbp:displacement approximately 6,000 tons
gptkbp:drafted_by 22 feet
gptkbp:engagements gptkb:naval_warfare
gptkbp:famous_for ironclad design
gptkbp:fate sunk as a target
gptkbp:historical_context Civil War era
gptkbp:historical_legacy symbol of Confederate naval power
gptkbp:historical_period gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:historical_significance last Confederate warship built
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Galveston,_Texas
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label CSS Texas
gptkbp:launched 1865
gptkbp:legacy influenced future naval designs
gptkbp:length 300 feet
approximately 300 feet
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Battle_of_Galveston
gptkbp:notable_feature armored hull
gptkbp:operational_status sunk
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Confederate_States_Navy
gptkbp:primary_role coastal defense
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:railway
gptkbp:replaced_by gptkb:CSS_Louisiana
gptkbp:resting_place gptkb:Gulf_of_Mexico
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:Gulf_of_Mexico
gptkbp:service_years 1865-1866
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:CSS_Louisiana
gptkbp:speed 12 knots
gptkbp:used_in Civil War naval operations
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Siege_of_Mobile_Bay
gptkb:Confederate_naval_fleet
gptkb:Texas_Navy
gptkb:the_Confederate_Navy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6