CSS Phoenix

CSS Phoenix was a Confederate [States of America|Confederate] ironclad floating battery built at Selma, Alabama, from 1863 to 1864.

Huntsville

Phoenix was built at the Selma, Alabama in [the American Civil War|Confederate Naval Works at Selma] in 1863 and launched in March 1864. She was severely damaged during the launching and subsequently could not be used as a warship. She was brought to Mobile and scuttled by Confederate forces at the Dog River Bar in Mobile Bay on August 7, 1864. She was blown up a few nights later by Union sailors from the. The Confederates then burned her to the waterline. The wreck was located in 1985 and was determined to be well preserved.