On This Day...

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[imgleft]http://lh3.ggpht.com/_cQOyQjTP3GY/SzdzjT8-9qI/AAAAAAAAAIw/UJBFa27Du4w/wiki.gif[/imgleft] On this day in 1865, CSS Shenandoah arrives in Melbourne, Australia. With the recent introduction of an experimental steam ship into New Horizons, I thought you might like to see just what one of these could do!

CSS Shenandoah, formerly Sea King, was an iron-framed, teak-planked, full rigged ship, with auxiliary steam power, captained by Commander James Waddell, Confederate States Navy, a North Carolinian with twenty years' service in the United States Navy.[2]

During 12 1/2 months of 1865-1865 the ship undertook commerce raiding resulting in the capture and sinking or bonding of thirty eight american merchant vessels, mostly New Bedford whaleships. This ship is notable for firing the last shot of the American Civil War, at a whaler in waters off the Aleutian Islands.

You can read the full story of the CSS Shenandoah HERE!