Launching on 6 December 1862. Source Library of Congress
Ordered in March 1862, laid down by Charles W. Whitney, New York, City, USA in 1862, launched on 6 December 1862, commissioned in March 1863, participated in the First Battle of Charleston Harbor, USA on 7 April 1863, heavily damaged by gunfire of Fort Sumter and finally sunk off Morris Island in 8 April 1863. Wreck could not be salvaged, her 2x28cm/11” guns were salvaged by the Confederates.
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