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CSS Virginia

Ship
CSS Virginia was the first steam-powered ironclad warship built by the Confederate States Navy during the first year of the American Civil War; she was constructed as a casemate ironclad using the razéed original lower hull and engines of the... Wikipedia
Launched: February 17, 1862
Length: 275′
Speed: 5–6 knots (9.3–11.1 km/h; 5.8–6.9 mph)
Armor: Belt: 1–3 in (25–76 mm); Deck: 1 in (25 mm); Casemate: 4 in (102 mm)
Beam: 51 ft 2 in (15.6 m)
Completed: March 7, 1862
Displacement: about 4,000 long tons (4,100 t)