TheC. S. S. Arkansas by R. G. Skerrett
Class overview
Name	Arkansas-class ironclad
Builders	John T. Shirley,Memphis, Tennessee
Operators	Confederate States Navy
Built	1861–1862
In service	1862
Planned	2
Completed	1
Lost	2
General characteristics
Type	Casemate ironclad
Length	165 ft (50.3 m)
Beam	35 ft (10.7 m)
Draft	11 ft 6 in (3.51 m)
Installed power	2 propellers
Propulsion	2Steam engines
Speed	7knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph)
Complement	200 officers and enlisted men
Armament	Designed for 6–8 guns

TheArkansas-class ironclads were aclass of twocasemate ironclads ordered by theConfederate States Navy in 1861 to operate in theWestern andTrans-Mississippi theaters of theAmerican Civil War.^[1] Both were later destroyed to prevent Union capture.

1.  This article incorporates text from thepublic domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

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• Canney, Donald L. (2015).The Confederate Steam Navy 1861-1865. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing.ISBN 978-0-7643-4824-2.
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• Arkansas-class ironclads
• Ironclad classes
• Ironclad warships of the Confederate States Navy

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