Editing CSS Fredericksburg (section)

{{Short description|American Civil War Confederate ironclad}}
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|Ship image=Battle of Trent's Reach.jpg
|Ship caption=''Fredericksburg'' (far right) during the Battle of Trent's Reach in 1865
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|Ship country=Confederate States
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Confederate States of America|naval}}
|Ship name=''Fredericksburg''
|Ship namesake=[[Fredericksburg, Virginia]]
|Ship operator=[[Confederate States Navy]]
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|Ship laid down= 1862
|Ship launched= June 11, 1863
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|Ship commissioned= March 1864
|Ship fate= Destroyed to prevent capture, April 3, 1865
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|Ship type=[[Casemate ironclad]]
|Ship tonnage= 700
|Ship length= * {{convert|188|ft|m|abbr=on|1}} ([[o/a]])
* {{convert|170|ft|m|abbr=|1}} ([[p/p]])
|Ship beam= {{convert|40|ft|3|in|m|abbr=on}}  
|Ship depth={{cvt|9|ft|m|1}}
|Ship draft= {{convert|9|-|10|ft|m|abbr=on|1}} or {{convert|13|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=*2 × shafts 
*2 × [[Marine steam engine#direct action|direct-action steam engines]]
|Ship speed= {{convert|5|kn|lk=in}}  
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|Ship power=3 × [[boiler]]s
|Ship complement=*150 officers and men
* 20 to 25 [[Confederate States Marines|marine]]s
|Ship armament=*1 × {{cvt|7|in|0}} [[Brooke rifle]]
*2 × {{cvt|6.4|in|0}} Brooke rifles
*1 × {{cvt|10|in|0}} [[Columbiad]]
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'''CSS{{refn|Confederate States Ship.{{sfn|Silverstone|2006|p=xviii}}|group=Note}} ''Fredericksburg''''' was a [[casemate ironclad]] that served as part of the [[James River Squadron]] of the [[Confederate States Navy]] during the [[American Civil War]]. [[Laid down]] in 1862 and [[ceremonial ship launching|launched]] the following year, she did not see action until 1864 due to delays in receiving her armor and guns. After passing through the obstructions at [[Drewry's Bluff]] in May 1864, she participated in several minor actions on the [[James River]] and fought in the [[Battle of Chaffin's Farm]] from September 29 to October 1. On January 23 and 24, 1865, she was part of the Confederate fleet at the [[Battle of Trent's Reach]], and was one of only two Confederate ships to make it past the obstructions at [[Trent's Reach]].  After the Confederate attack failed, ''Fredericksburg'' withdrew with the rest of the James River Squadron. On April 3, as the Confederates were abandoning Richmond, ''Fredericksburg'' and the other vessels of the James River Squadron were burned.  Her wreck was located in the 1980s, buried under [[sediment]].