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CSS Alabama, ca. 1961. Rear Admiral J. W. Schmidt, artist. Courtesy of the Naval History and Heritage Command # NH 85593-KN.

Larry Beldt, “Roll, Alabama, Roll!” June 22, 2012. Educational video, 2:00. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ydhI1G9rYk.

The CSSAlabama由拉斐尔·塞梅斯（Raphael Semmes）上尉指挥的，花了将近两年的时间捕获并摧毁了65艘北方商船和捕鲸者。从东大西洋到爪哇海和船只建造的地方，有七次不同的远征突袭。商业突袭者已成为传奇人物，并吸引了世界大多数地区的想象力。然而，许多人认为Semmes和他的船Piratical，必须被摧毁。

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TheAlabamaarrived off Cape Town, South Africa, in late July 1863 in a dramatic fashion. The cruiser captured the barkSea Bridewithin sight of Cape Town. Semmes sold that merchantman and it’s cargo to a South African citizen. By September 24, 1863, Semmes set a course across the Indian Ocean, sinking several ships, reaching Singapore on December 21, 1863. There he viewed more than 20 Northern merchant ships rotting unemployed at anchor. He knew that his ship and the other Confederate commerce raiders had been very successful in disrupting US shipping.[1]Read more

Nashville/Rebel. Pen and Ink Drawing. Samuel Ward Stanton, artist, ca. 1890-1910. The Mariners’ Museum 1988.0041.000446

The CSSNashvillewas the first Confederate warship to be recognized by Great Britain when the commerce raider arrived in Southampton, Great Britain, on November 21, 1861. This caused a diplomatic estrangement between Great Britain and the United States simultaneously with the infamous Trent Affair. Virtually trapped in Southampton by USSTuscarora, thanks to the British Foreign Enlistment Act,Nashvillewas able to escape and run through the blockade into Beaufort, North Carolina. TheNashvilleended its commerce raiding career when it was sold to become a blockade runner at Georgetown, South Carolina. Nevertheless, CSSNashvilleplayed an important role in the Confederate search for European recognition.

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TheNashvillewas built as a fast screw steamer constructed by William Collyer of Greenpoint, Brooklyn, and it launched on September 22, 1853.Commissioned as United States Mail Steamer, the sidewheelerNashvillemaintained a passenger run between New York and Charleston, South Carolina. The ship’s characteristics were as follows:Read more

ROLL, ALABAMA, ROLL! – SINKING OF CSS ALABAMA

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