CSS Alabama vs USS Kearsarge

CSS Alabama is known as most famous ship also in the Confederate army Bark Rigged Sloop engaged in the Commerce raiding strategy which a Confederate army carried out to the Civil War age.

CSS Alabama(Langton 1/1200)

While Union Army showed off the overwhelming marine power which blocks a southern harbor and coastline, the south army held commerce destructive strategy using the steamship of a little more than 10 ships as a state where only slight marine power can be had and said.This tended to draw some blockade fleets of Union Army for itself.Although the North Pacific extended the sphere of activity even to east India ocean space, and sank the Union's merchant vessel from the first and the common-name destructive strategy of a Confederate army brought about the damage which reaches to about 5%, the Union was even able to do maintaining and expanding trade using the merchant vessel of a neutral nation.CSS Alabama was built in Britain, started activity late in August, 1862, sank the northern part merchant vessel of 20 ships in two months, and carried out the stripes of the activity of sinking USS Hatteras in the Gulf of Mexico.

USS　Kearsarge(Langton 1/1200)

However, if it arrives in Cherbourg in France for repair of supply and a ship in June, 1864, the northern part federation who received the information gives a command to Bark Rigged Sloop USS Kearsarge which stands by in Dover, and makes it go to interception.A commander dresses up, CSS Alabama which was able to thrust the demand of neutral harbor leaving before the constituted authorities of France flies the flag of a Confederate, Cherbourg is made into behind, and a USS Kearsarge is confronted on June 14, 1864.

When comparing armaments, the direction in CSS Alabama had more guns(1 gun), and was equipped with the gun of eight, but two gun of 11-inch gun surpassed with a caliber were carried in a USS Kearsarge.
Although the exchange of gunfire started at 11:10 a.m. and being seemed to be equal like a near battle, the telling shot of a Confederate army was a misfire, or the telling shot of Union Army hit the engine room directly conversely, and CSS Alabama sank at 12:52.

There were 21 dead persons of a Confederate army and Union Army was only one person.