History
Confederate States
Name	Phoenix
Namesake	Phoenix
Builder	Confederate Naval Works at Selma
Laid down	1863
Launched	March 1864
Fate	Scuttled August 7, 1864 (1864-08-07)
General characteristics
Length	250 or 152 ft (76.2 or 46.3 m)
Armament	6 guns

CSSPhoenix was aConfederateironclad floatingbattery built atSelma, Alabama, from 1863 to 1864.^[1]

Phoenix was built at theConfederate Naval Works at Selma in 1863 and launched in March 1864. She was severely damaged during the launching and subsequently could not be used as a warship. She was brought toMobile and scuttled by Confederate forces at theDog River Bar inMobile Bay on August 7, 1864. She was blown up a few nights later by Union sailors from theUSS Metacomet. The Confederates then burned her to the waterline. The wreck was located in 1985 and was determined to be well preserved.^[2]

• Bisbee, Saxon T. (2018).Engines of Rebellion: Confederate Ironclads and Steam Engineering in the American Civil War. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press.ISBN 978-0-81731-986-1.
• Canney, Donald L. (2015).The Confederate Steam Navy 1861-1865. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing.ISBN 978-0-7643-4824-2.

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