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Career | |
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Launched: | January 1865 |
Fate: | sold |
Struck: | 15 October 1867 |
General Characteristics | |
Displacement: | |
Length: | 217 feet |
Beam: | 48.5 feet |
Draft: | 13.5 feet |
Complement: | 50 officers and men |
Armament: | four pivots, two broadside guns |
At the time of Robert E. Lee's evacuation of Richmond on 3 April 1865, she 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.
See USS Texas for other ships of the same name.
References
This article includes information collected from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.