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|Ship image=The defences of Savannah. The Rebel Ram Savannah, now ready for action. - FL 1864.jpg
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|Ship name=''Savannah''
|Ship namesake=[[Savannah, Georgia]]
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|Ship builder=H. F. Willink
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|Ship launched=1863
|Ship commissioned=June 30, 1863
|Ship decommissioned=December 21, 1864
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|Ship fate=Burned to prevent capture
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|Ship propulsion=steam engine
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|Ship complement=180 officers and men
|Ship armament=2 7" rifled cannons, 2 6.4" rifled cannons
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[[File:CSSSavannah.jpg|thumb|An inaccurate depiction of ''Savannah'' published in ''Harpers Weekly'' in 1863]]
'''CSS ''Savannah''''' was a ''Richmond''-class [[casemate ironclad]] in the [[Confederate States Navy]] during the [[American Civil War]].

''Savannah'' was built by H. F. Willink for the [[Confederate States|Confederacy]] at [[Savannah, Georgia]], in 1863. On June 30, 1863 she was transferred to naval forces in the [[Savannah River]] under the command of Flag Officer [[William W. Hunter]]. Under Commander [[Robert F. Pinkney]], she maintained her reputation as the most efficient vessel of the squadron and was kept ready for service. [[File:Harper's weekly (1865) (14577810818).jpg|thumb|The destruction of the rebel ram ''Savannah'' by the enemy on the eve of the Federal occupation of Savannah]]She remained on the river and was burned by the Confederates on December 21, 1864 when the city of Savannah was threatened by the approach of General [[William T. Sherman]].

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book |last1=Bisbee |first1=Saxon T. |title=Engines of Rebellion: Confederate Ironclads and Steam Engineering in the American Civil War |publisher=University of Alabama Press |location=Tuscaloosa, Alabama |isbn=978-0-81731-986-1|date=2018}}
* {{cite book |last1=Canney |first1=Donald L. |title=The Confederate Steam Navy 1861-1865 |date=2015 |publisher=Schiffer Publishing|location=Atglen, Pennsylvania |isbn=978-0-7643-4824-2}}
* {{cite book|last=Silverstone|first=Paul H.|title=Civil War Navies 1855–1883 |publisher=Routledge |location=New York|year=2006|series=The U.S. Navy Warship Series |isbn=0-415-97870-X}}
* {{cite book|last=Silverstone|first=Paul H.|title=Directory of the World's Capital Ships |year=1984 |publisher=Hippocrene Books|location=New York|isbn=0-88254-979-0}}
* {{cite book|last=Still|first=William N. Jr.|title=Iron Afloat: The Story of the Confederate Armorclads|isbn=0-87249-454-3|orig-year=1971|year=1985|publisher=University of South Carolina Press|location=Columbia, South Carolina}}
* {{DANFS}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20011030233634/http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-us-cs/csa-sh/csash-sz/savannah.htm Navy.mil images]

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