CSS Chattahoochee
Ship's engines and lower portion of the after hull, photographed following recovery in the vicinity of Columbus, Georgia, circa the early or middle 1960s | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Confederate States | |
| Name | Chattahoochee |
| Laid down | Saffold, Georgia |
| In service | February 1863 |
| Fate | Scuttled 17 April 1865, stern raised and put on display in 1963 |
| General characteristics | |
| Length | 150 ft (46 m) |
| Beam | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
| Draft | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 120 officers and crew |
| Armament | 4 32-pounder smoothbore cannon, a 32-pounder rifled cannon and a 9-inch smoothbore cannon |
CSS Muscogee and Chattahoochee | |
| NRHP reference No. | 70000212 |
| Added to NRHP | May 13, 1970 |
CSS Chattahoochee was a twin-screw steam powered gunboat built at Saffold, Georgia; she was christened for the river upon which she was built. The gunboat entered Confederate States Navy service in February 1863.