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Shipwreck site near Mobile, Alabama
United States historic place
CSS Huntsville and CSS Tuscaloosa Historic and Archaeological District
Location
Mobile River ,
Alabama NRHP reference
No.
100007894
[1] Added to NRHP July 18, 2022
The CSS Huntsville and CSS Tuscaloosa Historic and Archaeological District is a shipwreck site in the
Mobile River near
Mobile, Alabama . The
Huntsville and the
Tuscaloosa were
ironclad warships built in 1863 at the
Confederate Naval Works in
Selma, Alabama .
[2] They were
fitted out in Mobile, but due to an unusual
hull design, were relegated to being used as
floating batteries . The ships were
scuttled by retreating Confederates after the capture of Mobile in April 1865 and used as
blockships .
[3]
The wrecks were discovered in 1985, and in 2019 further surveys determined them as "the most intact examples of Confederate ironclad warships in the nation." The site was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 2022.
[4]
^
"National Register Information System – (#100007894)" .
National Register of Historic Places .
National Park Service . November 2, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2024 .
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"On this day in Alabama history: CSS Huntsville and CSS Tuscaloosa launched" . Alabama News Center . February 7, 2019.
Archived from the original on June 10, 2021. Retrieved March 5, 2024 .
^ Bisbee, Saxon T. (2018). Engines of Rebellion: Confederate Ironclads and Steam Engineering in the American Civil War . Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press. p. 146.
ISBN
978-0-81731-986-1 .
^
"Ironclad ships CSS Huntsville and CSS Tuscaloosa officially listed in National Register of Historic Places" .
Alabama Historical Commission . December 2, 2022.
Archived from the original on December 1, 2023. Retrieved March 5, 2024 .
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