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	css alabama - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		CSS ''Alabama'' was a screw sloop-of-war built for the Confederate States Navy in 1862 by John Laird Sons and Company, Liverpool, England.
		The Association CSS Alabama and the U.S. Navy/Naval Historical Center signed on March 23, 1995 an official agreement accrediting Association CSS Alabama as operator of the archaeological investigation of the remains of the ship.
		Association CSS Alabama, which is funded solely from private donations, is continuing to make this an international project through its fund raising in France and in the United States, thanks to its sister organization, the CSS Alabama Association, incorporated in the State of Delaware.
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/CSS-Alabama (861 words)

	The C.S.S Alabama and U.S.S. Kearsarge Duel
		The Alabama approached from the western entrance, escorted by the French iron-clad frigate Couronne, flying the pennant of the commandant of the port, followed in her wake by a small fore-and-aft-rigged steamer, the Deerhound, flying the flag of the Royal Mersey Yacht Club.
		One penetrated the coal-bunker of the Alabama, and a dense cloud of coal-dust arose.
		She was severely hulled between the main and mizzen masts, and settled by the stern; the mainmast, pierced by a shot at the very last, broke off near the head and went over the side, the bow lifted high from the water, and then came the end.
	www.civilwarhome.com /duel.htm (3513 words)

	Sinking of CSS Alabama (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Three days after the commerce raider CSS Alabama, much in need of repairs after her 75,000-mile maiden voyage, anchored in the English Channel port of Cherbourg, France, the USS Kearsarge arrived and took up station just outside the harbor, an unmistakable challenge for battle to the Rebel ship's crew.
		Although the Alabama was in very poor condition, her captain, Raphael Semmes, immediately decided to accept the challenge and began preparing his ship and crew for battle.
		The Alabama's guns were smaller than her foe's, and her ammunition had become defective during her 22-month voyage; consequently, little damage was caused to the Kearsarge.
	civilwar.bluegrass.net /battles-campaigns/1864/640619.html (363 words)

	CSS Alabama (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The most famous of these raiders was the CSS Alabama, which was built for the Confederate government by the Laird shipyard of Liverpool, England, and was commissioned off the Azores on August 24, 1862.
		She was 220 feet long with a beam of 32 feet, was powered by two 330-horsepower engines that operated her double wheel, and also had a full complement of sails.
		The Alabama hunted down the East Coast of the United States and in the Caribbean, and then, in January 1863, sailed the Gulf of Mexico toward Galveston, TX, where she attacked and sank a blockading Union warship, USS Hatteras.
	civilwar.bluegrass.net /ShipsBlockadesAndRaiders/cssalabama.html (379 words)

	Archaeological Investigation of the Confederate Commerce Raider CSS Alabama 2002
		Because the wreck of the CSS Alabama is jointly managed by the United States and France, the 2002 investigation was authorized by the U. Naval Historical Center in Washington, D. C., representing the United States government and the French Ministry of Culture, Paris, representing France.
		Investigation of the CSS Alabama, during the summer of 2001, was a continuation of previous research and management priorities.
		The recovery of artifacts from the CSS Alabama should not be a priority for additional research, unless the artifacts either contribute to a more detailed understanding of the vessel and life aboard the ship, or they are considered to be at risk because of their exposed position on the seabed.
	www.hnsa.org /conf2004/papers/watts.htm (9961 words)

	Kearsarge and Alabama
		Of the sixty-six vessels captured by the Alabama, fifty-two were burned, ten released on bond, the Hatteras sunk in action, the Conrad, named the Tuscaloosa, and commissioned a Confederate cruiser, or tender to the Alabama; one sold and one released as an unlawful capture.
		The Alabama had been in Cherbourg a week preparing, and had taken aboard three hundred and fifty tons of coal, which brought her down in the water; while the Kearsarge had only one hundred and seventy tons aboard, making her very high out of water.
		Captain Raphael Semmes, Skipper of the Alabama; and Officers of the CSS Alabama (Raphael Semmes and John Kell).
	www.geocities.com /generalgreene1770/RIMOLLUS/kearsargealabama.html (7096 words)

	Divers recover cannon from CSS Alabama (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		MOBILE (AP) — The 7,000-pound main battery pivot gun of the Confederate sea raider CSS Alabama has been recovered from the bottom of the English Channel, where the vessel was sunk 141 years ago by a Union warship, a project spokesman said.
		Robert Edington, a Mobile attorney who is president of the CSS Alabama Association, reported earlier that the French recovered about 200 artifacts from the CSS Alabama in the 1990s.
		The Alabama port city was home to Confederate Admiral Raphael Semmes, who was the commanding officer of the CSS Alabama when it attacked Union merchant ships around the world during the Civil War.
	www.decaturdaily.com /decaturdaily/news/050713/css.shtml (377 words)

	CSS Alabama Reading Room
		The CSS Alabama Association is a non-profit group working to finance the recovery and conservation of artifacts from the Confederate States Steamer Alabama.
		This memoir by the captain of the CSS Alabama recounts the voyages of the CSS Alabama throughout the world, complete with vignettes about the lives of the sailors on the ship and interactions with other vessels.
		An account of life on the CSS Alabama written by Fifth Lieutenant Arthur Sinclair, detailing many of the ship’s voyages and culminating in her final battle with the Kearsarge.
	www.uri.edu /artsci/his/mua/alareadroom/alareadroom.html (411 words)

	CSS Alabama Association (USA) - The Alabama Lost
		In June of 1864 ALABAMA entered the port of Cherbourg, France, to obtain major repairs to both hull and machinery.
		Her powder was deteriorating and unpredictable as to firing characteristics.
		In the first half-hour of the engagement the ALABAMA lodged a 100 pound shell near the sternpost of the KEARSARGE, a sure coupe de gracebut the shell failed to explode.
	www.css-alabama.com /lost.html (359 words)

	The Sinking of the CSS Alabama (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The CSS Alabama and its Captain, Rafael Semmes, were a source of inspiration to the people and soldiers of the Confederacy.
		In June, 1864 the USS Kearsarge, under the command of John Winslow trapped the Alabama in the harbor of Cherbourg, France.
		The Kearsarge sailed nearby as the sailors of the Alabama jumped into the water and were picked up by the Kearsarge’s boats or private boats of English and French spectators.
	www.andythomas.com /WEB_STORIES/CSSAlabamaStory.htm (282 words)

	CSS Alabama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		CSS Alabama was a screw sloop-of-war built for the Confederate States Navy at Birkenhead in 1862 by John Laird Sons and Company of Liverpool.
		Alabama served as a commerce raider, attacking Union merchant and naval ships over the course of her two-year career, during which she never laid anchor in a Southern port.
		41 of the Alabama's officers and crew, including Semmes, had to be rescued by the "Deerhound", a private yaught, while the "Kearsarge" stood off and waited for her to sink.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/CSS_Alabama (1142 words)

	CSS Alabama
		CSS Alabama was a screw sloop-of-war builtfor the Confederacy in 1862 by John Laird Sons and Company, Liverpool, England.Launched as Enrica, it was fitted out as a cruiser and commissioned24 August 1862 as CSS Alabama.
		The Association CSS Alabama and the U.S. Navy/Naval HistoricalCenter signed on 23 March 1995 an official agreement accrediting AssociationCSS Alabama as operator of the archaeological investigation of theremains of the ship.
		Association CSS Alabama,which is funded solely from private donations, is continuing to make thisan international project through its fund raising in France and in the UnitedStates, thanks to its sister organization, the CSS Alabama Association,incorporated in the State of Delaware.
	www.sartori.com /nhc/fframes/org12-1.html (528 words)

	Confederate Ships--CSS Alabama (1862-1864)
		CSS Alabama, a 1050-ton screw steam sloop of war, was built at Birkenhead, England, for the Confederate Navy.
		Alabama began the new year by sinking USS Hatteras near Galveston, Texas, on 11 January 1863.
		As Alabama disappeared beneath the surface, her surviving crewmen were rescued by the victorious Federal warship and by the English yacht Deerhound.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-us-cs/csa-sh/csash-ag/alabama.htm (754 words)

	Ahoy - Mac's Web Log-Marauders of the Sea, Confederate Merchant Raiders During the American Civil War-CSS ...
		Alabama after 70 days at sea was running down her food supplies, now to be gratefully augumented from this latest prize, and her 29 crew were also taken aboard, to watch their ship consumed by flames.
		Alabama was at the zenith of her career, a few days of rest and recreation at Bahia were in order, and the waterfront brothels were assured of record business.
		Alabama was again at sea on the last day of August, Low ordered to sail his ship to the coast of Brazil, cruise in that arena for some time, then make his way back to the Cape, to rejoin his superior, who was planning to make a return voyage to the East Indies.
	www.ahoy.tk-jk.net /MaraudersCivilWar/CSSAlabama.html (12322 words)

	CSS Alabama (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		CSS Alabama was a screw sloop-of-war built for the Confederacy in 1862 by John Laird Sons and Company, Liverpool, England.
		Continuing the path of destruction through the West Indies, Alabama sank USS Hatteras along the Texas coast and captured her crew.
		The Association CSS Alabama and the U.S. Navy/Naval Historical Center signed on 23 March 1995 an official agreement accrediting Association CSS Alabama as operator of the archaeological investigation of the remains of the ship.
	www.sartori.com /nhc/frames/branches/org12-1.html (626 words)

	The history of CSS Alabama
		After putting them off by a tug she quietly sailed off for the Azores to take on armaments and ammunition and begin life as the blockade-runner CSS Alabama.
		It became known as the ‘Alabama Claim’ because she had caused the most damage.
		Together with the Florida and Shenandoah, the Alabama had accounted for half of the total number of union vessels captured.
	www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk /maritime/collections/alabama/history.asp (414 words)

	cssala
		Built in secrecy for the Confederacy in the Liverpool shipyards of John Laird Sons and Company, the Alabama became the subject of controversy even as her keel was laid.
		Afloat on the high seas by the summer of 1862, the CSS Alabama harried Yankee traders and took nearly 60 prizes, dealing a blow to the American merchant marine from which it never truly recovered.
		The Alabama cruised the Atlantic, rounded Africa, and visited Southeast Asia before she was finally sunk by the USS Kearsarge off the French coast near Cherbourg in June, 1864.
	www.totalnavy.com /cssalawood.htm (576 words)

	Civil War Alabama (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The CSS Florida was among the greatest Confederate commerce raiders of the Civil War, along with the prominent Confederate cruisers CSS Alabama and CSS Shendandoah.
		By this point, Maffitt was additionally so weak from the effects of Yellow Fever, that he had to be carried by the crew to the ship’s deck to direct the day’s action.
		With repairs complete by January of 1863, it was time for the CSS Florida to again attempt a bold move and run the Union blockade a second time.
	groups.msn.com /CivilWarAlabama/cssfloridarunsblockade.msnw (909 words)

	American Naval officer, Simeon Cummings, Saldanha West Coast South Africa, Weskus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		He first served on the CSS Sumner, but after it being shipwrecked, he was ordered to join the newly completed steam and sail corvette, CSS Alabama, a vessel of 900 tons and built at Birkenhead, England.
		Captain Semmes said of the Alabama; “her model was of the most perfect symmetry and she sat on the water with the lightness and grace of a swan.” This Cruiser was to be the most successful Confederate raider of the war.
		When the Alabama reached Cherbourg, France, for refitting on 19th June 1864, the warship USS Kearsarger engaged it in battle outside the port and sank it.
	www.sawestcoast.com /cummings.html (1046 words)

	eHistory.com: Ships Called Alabama (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Many people know that Alabama was the name of a USS battleship that served in World War II and the name of a famous Confederate Raider that sailed during the American Civil War.
		Built in 1862 at the Lairds Dockyard at Liverpool, England, the CSS Alabama devastated Union merchant shipping from the North Atlantic to the South Atlantic and from the Gulf of Mexico to the Indian Ocean.
		The keel for the USS Alabama (BB-60) was laid down on February 1, 1940, at Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia.
	ehistory.osu.edu /world/articles/ArticleView.cfm?AID=38 (905 words)

	Mobile boat deployed in CSS Alabama project in the English Channel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		MOBILE (AP) — "The Spirit of Mobile," a 35-foot former deep sea fishing boat, has been deployed to recover a 7,000-pound cannon from the Confederate war ship CSS Alabama that lies at the bottom of the English Channel, a project spokesman said.
		A series of dives, sponsored by the CSS Alabama Association, is planned this summer, with the ship's huge main pivot gun the chief object for recovery.
		The museum has about three dozen CSS Alabama artifacts, including "the famous toilet from the officer's quarters," one of the first flush-type toilets, Ewert said.
	www.decaturdaily.com /decaturdaily/news/050609/boat.shtml (416 words)

	The Alabama Claims
		The Alabama claims were a diplomatic dispute between the United States and Great Britain that arose out of the U.S. Civil War.
		The peaceful resolution of these claims 7 years after the war ended set an important precedent for solving serious international disputes through arbitration, and laid the foundation for greatly improved relations between Britain and the United States.
		Disguised as merchant vessels during their construction in order to circumvent British neutrality laws, the craft were actually intended as commerce raiders.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ho/time/cw/17610.htm (571 words)

	Alabama Claims - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		During the American Civil War, Confederate commerce raiders (the most famous being the CSS Alabama) were built in Britain and did significant damage to Union merchant marine and naval forces.
		The Alabama Claims was thus a precursor to the Hague Convention, the League of Nations, the World Court, and the United Nations.
		The subsequent release of the Alabama proved to be publicly embarrassing when both were later forced to admit that the ship should not have been allowed to depart, despite the opinion of the British Chief Justice that her release did not violate neutrality.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alabama_Claims (392 words)

	When Liverpool Was Dixie
		The Confederate States Ship Alabama, was the second of the Confederate cruisers that J. Bulloch had built, this one by the Laird brothers of Birkenhead, England.
		She was launched as the Enrica, and was once referred to as the Barcelona upon her arrival in the Azores.
		Bulloch returned to Liverpool on 3rd August, to await the arrival of Raphael Semmes, who was to commision the CSS Alabama into the service of the Confederate States Navy.
	www.csa-dixie.com /liverpool_dixie/alabama.htm (1931 words)

	CSS Alabama (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		She reports that when at Flores, Western Islands, three whale-boats' crews from the Alabama came along-side and reported that their ship, the Ocmulgee, of Edgartown, Massachusetts, had been burned by the Alabama, under command of Captain Semmes, late of the Sumter.
		On the 7th December the pirate Alabama came across the Ariel, bound from New York to Aspinwall, off the coast of Cuba, and brought her to by sending a 68-pound shot through her foremast.
		Captain Semmes then took off her captain, and held him a prisoner for three days, expressing his determination at the same time to land the passengers either at some point on the island of Cuba or St. Domingo, and then to destroy the vessel.
	www.hillsdale.edu /personal/stewart/war/Iron/1862-Alabama.htm (352 words)

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