CSS Macon

For other ships with the same name, see USS Macon.
Gunboat CSS Macon

CSS Macon was a wooden-hulled gunboat ordered in 1861 from Henry F Willink's shipyard at Savannah, Georgia, as Ogeechee.[1] There were to have been seven Macon-class vessels, but the only other one completed was CSS Peedee. Macon was 150 feet (46 m) long and 25 feet (7.6 m) wide, with a draft of 10 feet (3.0 m). She was propelled by steam machinery and twin screw propellers, which could drive the ship at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). Macon had an intended complement of 91, and was armed with six guns.[1]

The gunboat was launched as Ogeechee in 1863, but renamed Macon in June 1864, before completion.[1] On 3 August 1864 she was commissioned, with Lieutenant J. S. Kennard, CSN, in command, although still lacking a full complement.[1][2] Macon was initially deployed in the defense of Savannah.[1]

Savannah capitulated on 21 December and three days later Macon departed for Augusta, Georgia, where she surrendered in May 1865, at the end of the war.[1][2]


References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). Civil War Navies, 1855-1883. New York: Routledge. p. 163. ISBN 9780415978705. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Macon (steam gunboat)". Ship Histories - Confederate Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command, US Navy. Archived from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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