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CSS TENNESSEE model
The CSS
Tennessee was the flagship of Admiral Buchanan. She served gallantly in action in the Battle of Mobile
Bay on August 5, 1864. On that morning Tennessee and
three wooden gunboats steamed into combat against
Admiral David G. Farragut's powerful fleet of four
ironclad monitors and 14 wooden steamers. Unable to ram
the Union ships because of their superior
speed, the CSS Tennessee fired continually on the Federals at
close range.
When the Confederate gunboats were sunk and dispersed,
Farragut's fleet steamed up into the bay and anchored.
Buchanan might have held Tennessee under the fort's
protection but steamed after the Federal fleet and
engaged the enemy despite overwhelming odds. She became
the target for the entire Union fleet. Being rammed by
several ships and steering chains
(which, oddly, lay in exposed trenches on the after
deck) broken by the heavy gunfire, she was unable to
maneuver and was pounded by heavy solid shots
from the Union. Even so, Tennessee continued to
roar her guns. In the end, with two men killed, Admiral Buchanan
and eight others wounded, she was captured.
Tennessee was built
at Selma, Alabama, where she was commissioned on
February 16, 1864. Her steam plant came from the steamer Alonzo Child. Her
casemate design differed materially from CSS Columbia and CSS Texas,
but iron plate was the same 2" by 10" as
used on CSS Huntsville and CSS Tuscaloosa but triple
thickness instead of double.
We offer this primarily
wood model of the CSS Tennessee in two sizes.
- 17.5" long (1:144
scale)
$2,260. Shipping and insurance in
the contiguous USA included.
Other places: $200 flat rate.
- 29" long (HO scale 1:87)
$2,790.
Shipping and insurance in
the contiguous USA included.
Other places: $300 flat rate.
Model is built per commission only. We require only a
small deposit to start
the construction $500. The
remaining balance won't be due until the boat is
completed, in less than six months.
Other ship, different size? Just let us know by clicking
on this link: Commissioning. The
process will be easy and stress free.
Be sure to check out our beautiful
USS Monitor
model, USS Tecumseh,
CSS Virginia
model,
USS Cairo.
I just wanted to let you know that I received the CSS
Tennesse today and it's a wonderful model ship. It's
more than I bargained for. It's a beautiful model ship
and it helps me understand how awesome these ironclad
rams must of looked like during the Civil War.
Especially theses rams going up against wooden ships.
I'll be keeping a watch of your website and look forward
to commissioning another historic model. Thanks again,
R. Montero"
Learn more about the CSS
Tennessee here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSS_Tennessee_(1863)
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