Under the command of Raphael Semmes, Alabama was sunk in 1864 after a battle with the USS Kearsarge off the coast of Cherbourg in northern France. Semmes survived to fight another day.
Under the command of Raphael Semmes, Alabama was sunk in 1864 after a battle with the USS Kearsarge off the coast of Cherbourg in northern France. Semmes survived to fight another day.
CSS Alabama was a screw sloop-of-war built for the Confederate States Navy at Birkenhead, England, in 1862 by John Laird Sons and Company. Alabama served as a successful commerce raider, attacking Union merchant and naval ships over the course of her two-year career, during which she never anchored in a Southern port. She was sunk in battle by the USS Kearsarge in June 1864 at the Battle of Cherbourg outside the port of Cherbourg, France.
Under the command of Raphael Semmes, Alabama was sunk in 1864 after a battle with the USS Kearsarge off the coast of Cherbourg in northern France. Semmes survived to fight another day.
CSS Alabama was a screw sloop-of-war built for the Confederate States Navy at Birkenhead, England, in 1862 by John Laird Sons and Company. Alabama served as a successful commerce raider, attacking Union merchant and naval ships over the course of her two-year career, during which she never anchored in a Southern port. She was sunk in battle by the USS Kearsarge in June 1864 at the Battle of Cherbourg outside the port of Cherbourg, France.