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  2. CSS Florida - Wikipedia

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    The blockade runner CSS Florida (blockade runner) was commissioned in January 1862, captured by the U.S. Navy in April 1862, and became USS Hendrick Hudson. The cruiser CSS Florida (cruiser) was commissioned in August 1862 and captured by the U.S. Navy while in port in Bahia, Brazil in October 1864. The gunboat CSS Selma was named CSS Florida ...

  3. CSS Colonel Lamb - Wikipedia

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    The CSS Colonel Lamb was a twin Confederate blockade runner of the CSS Hope who participated in the American Civil War. History [ edit ] The CSS Colonel Lamb had a length of 281, a beam of 36, and a draft of 10, and was one of the most famous and successful blockade runners in the Confederate States Navy .

  4. List of ships of the Confederate States Navy - Wikipedia

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    Ex-CSS USS Atlanta on the James River, photo by Mathew Brady CSS Chicora CSS Muscogee also known as CSS Jackson Ex-CSS USS Tennessee Ex-USS Merrimac/CSS Virginia CSS Albemarle. The CS Navy ironclad steamer batteries were all designed for national coastal defense. CSS Albemarle, twin-screw steamer, ironclad ram, sunk: October 28, 1864

  5. CSS Florida (blockade runner) - Wikipedia

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    CSS. Florida. (blockade runner) The Confederate blockade runner CSS Florida, was built at Greenpoint, New York in 1859. Considered for service as a gunboat three times during the American Civil War, the vessel was captured by the Union Navy on April 6, 1862. The ship was taken into service by the Union and renamed USS Hendrick Hudson .

  6. CSS Robert E. Lee - Wikipedia

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    CSS Robert E. Lee was a fast paddle-steamer, originally built as a Glasgow-Belfast packet boat named Giraffe, which was bought as a blockade runner for the Confederate States during the American Civil War, then subsequently served in the United States Navy as USS Fort Donelson and in the Chilean Navy as Concepción.

  7. CSS Owl - Wikipedia

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    CSS. Owl. CSS Owl. CSS Owl was a blockade runner in the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. It was built by Jones Quiggen, a ship builder in Liverpool, England and launched on June 21, 1864. Owl, sister to CSS Bat, was more fortunate than her twin which followed her closely. Owl succeeded in running into Wilmington, North ...

  8. Blockade runners of the American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    SS Fingal (1861), (CSS Atlanta ironclad 1862–63). An iron merchant screw-steamer of 462 tons built by J & G Thomson at Govan, Scotland, 1861. Sold to John Low for the Confederate States Navy. Fingal was the last blockade runner to enter Savannah, GA, November 1861, with a large cargo of Enfield rifles, cannon and military supplies.

  9. CSS - Wikipedia

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    To demonstrate specificity Inheritance Inheritance is a key feature in CSS; it relies on the ancestor-descendant relationship to operate. Inheritance is the mechanism by which properties are applied not only to a specified element but also to its descendants. Inheritance relies on the document tree, which is the hierarchy of XHTML elements in a page based on nesting. Descendant elements may ...