Wilmington ironclad shipyards
Naval works, Wilmington, North Carolina.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Naval works
- Where
- Wilmington, North Carolina
- Years
- 1862-1864
- Today
- Marker only
WILMINGTON IRONCLAD SHIPYARDS
Berry and Brothers built the ironclad CSS North Carolina here in 1863 for $76,000, and the Cassidey Shipyard completed CSS Raleigh the same year. Raleigh ran aground and was lost in 1864. North Carolina, riddled with shipworm, sank off Smithville on September 27, 1864.
CASSIDEY SHIPYARD
Confederate shipyard and outfitting station which completed the ironclad steam sloop Raleigh in 1863. Site is three blocks west.
Then
Berry and Brothers built the ironclad CSS North Carolina in 1863 for $76,000. The Cassidey Shipyard completed the ironclad CSS Raleigh in 1863.
CSS Raleigh ran aground and was lost in 1864. CSS North Carolina, riddled with shipworm, sank off Smithville on September 27, 1864.
Now
Marker only
A state highway marker (DDD-3) stands at South 3rd and Church streets, three blocks east of the Cassidey yard site.
Lines owned by CSX and smaller railroads run through Wilmington today.
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