Английская Википедия:CSS Macon
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CSS Macon was a wooden-hulled gunboat ordered in 1861 from Henry F Willink's shipyard at Savannah, Georgia, as Ogeechee.[1] There were to have been seven Macon-class vessels, but the only other one completed was Шаблон:Ship. Macon was Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide, with a draft of Шаблон:Convert. She was propelled by steam machinery and twin screw propellers, which could drive the ship at Шаблон:Convert. Macon had an intended complement of 91, and was armed with six guns.[1]
The gunboat was launched as Ogeechee in 1863, but renamed Macon in June 1864, before completion.[1] On 3 August 1864 she was commissioned, with Lieutenant J. S. Kennard, CSN, in command, although still lacking a full complement.[1][2] Macon was initially deployed in the defense of Savannah.[1]
Savannah capitulated on 21 December and three days later Macon departed for Augusta, Georgia, where she surrendered in May 1865, at the end of the war.[1][2]
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