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Famous Shipwrecks of the Deep [Thursday, Period One, 11/18]
Summer waited for everyone to settle down before beginning her lecture.
"The CSS Texas (Confederate States Ship Texas), was a twin propeller casement ironclad ram of the Confederate Navy, named for the state of Texas. She was 217-feet long and launched at Richmond, Virginia, in January 1865. Since the ship was built so late in the American Civil War, it saw no action before being captured by Union forces," she explained, passing around a brief summary of the Civil War and background on the CSS Texas.
"At the time of Robert E. Lee's evacuation of Richmond on 3 April 1865, the CSS Texas was left unfinished but intact in an outfitting berth at the Richmond Navy Yard, one of only two vessels which escaped destruction by the departing Confederate forces. Captured when the city fell the following day, the ironclad was taken into the United States Navy, but saw no service. Texas was laid up at Norfolk until 15 October 1867 when she was sold to J.N. Leonard & Co. of New Haven, Connecticut."
Summer switched on the projector, to show a layout of the ship. It was quite a piece of machinery, at that.
"Not much is known about the CSS Texas after she was sold. I can only assume that she was either sold again or eventually, scrapped for parts, seeing as she saw no wartime action." It was something worth researching further.
[OCD a go!]
"The CSS Texas (Confederate States Ship Texas), was a twin propeller casement ironclad ram of the Confederate Navy, named for the state of Texas. She was 217-feet long and launched at Richmond, Virginia, in January 1865. Since the ship was built so late in the American Civil War, it saw no action before being captured by Union forces," she explained, passing around a brief summary of the Civil War and background on the CSS Texas.
"At the time of Robert E. Lee's evacuation of Richmond on 3 April 1865, the CSS Texas was left unfinished but intact in an outfitting berth at the Richmond Navy Yard, one of only two vessels which escaped destruction by the departing Confederate forces. Captured when the city fell the following day, the ironclad was taken into the United States Navy, but saw no service. Texas was laid up at Norfolk until 15 October 1867 when she was sold to J.N. Leonard & Co. of New Haven, Connecticut."
Summer switched on the projector, to show a layout of the ship. It was quite a piece of machinery, at that.
"Not much is known about the CSS Texas after she was sold. I can only assume that she was either sold again or eventually, scrapped for parts, seeing as she saw no wartime action." It was something worth researching further.
[OCD a go!]
Sign In [11/18]
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Listen to the Lecture [11/18]
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Chatting with classmates, while possible, was not probable as there were just so many ways for such to go wrong.
Brainstorm [11/18]
Talk to the TA [11/18]
Re: Talk to the TA [11/18]
Talk to Summer [11/18]
thanks to canon events in Sahara.Re: Talk to Summer [11/18]
Re: Talk to Summer [11/18]
Re: Talk to Summer [11/18]
OOC