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{{short description|Confederate States Navy torpedo boat}} {|{{Infobox ship begin}} {{Infobox ship image |Ship image=CSS David drawing.jpg |Ship caption=Pen-and ink drawing of CSS ''David'', showing external and internal plan }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=Confederate States |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Confederate States of America|naval}} |Ship name=''David'' |Ship namesake= |Ship owner= |Ship operator= |Ship registry= |Ship route= |Ship ordered= |Ship awarded= |Ship builder= |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number= |Ship way number= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched=1863 |Ship sponsor= |Ship christened= |Ship completed= |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned=1863 |Ship recommissioned= |Ship decommissioned=1865? |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport= |Ship identification= |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honours= |Ship honors= |Ship captured= |Ship fate=unknown |Ship notes= |Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= |Ship type= |Ship tonnage= |Ship displacement= |Ship tons burthen= |Ship length={{convert|50|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|6|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught= |Ship draft={{convert|5|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship depth= |Ship hold depth= |Ship decks= |Ship deck clearance= |Ship ramps= |Ship ice class= |Ship power= |Ship propulsion=Steam engine |Ship sail plan= |Ship speed= |Ship range= |Ship endurance= |Ship test depth= |Ship boats= |Ship capacity= |Ship troops= |Ship complement=4 officers and men |Ship crew= |Ship time to activate= |Ship sensors= |Ship EW= |Ship armament=1 [[spar torpedo]] |Ship armour= |Ship armor= |Ship aircraft= |Ship aircraft facilities= |Ship notes= }} |} '''CSS ''David''''' was an [[American Civil War]]-era [[torpedo boat]]. On October 5, 1863, she undertook a partially successful attack on {{USS|New Ironsides}} which was participating in the blockade of [[Charleston, South Carolina]].
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