From the Civil War in Georgia website.
Ships were constructed at the Savannah Confederate Shipyard, Saffold Confederate Navy Yard and the Columbus CSA Naval Works.
Some of the better-known ships made in Georgia:
CSS ATLANTA-- Originally the merchant ship Fingal, ran the Union blockade into Savannah, but stuck there once the enemy closed the port. It was then converted into the casemate ironclad CSS Atlanta in 1862.
It twice attacked Union ships and was captured the second time and taken into the USS Navy as the USS Atlanta. In June 1865, it was sold to the Haitian Navy, but sank in a storm off Cape Hatteras.
More to Come. --Old B-Runner
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