From Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks.
CSS LOUISIANA
Confederate
Two-paddlewheel ironclad, 1,400 tons. Length 264 feet, beam 62 feet, 4 engines (from steamer Ingomar).
Complement of 200 to 300 men with two rifled 7-inch guns, three 9-inch guns and four 8-inch shell guns, and seven rifled 32-pounders.
Construction began at New Orleans in mid-October 1861 but was not completed because of lack of raw materials. Used as a floating battery.
Supposed to have cost about $1 million to build.
--Old B-Runner
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