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* ''Entered Japanese Service: 3 February 1869''
* ''Entered Japanese Service: 3 February 1869''
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| <font size=4><font color="#000000"> Statistics<font size=2><ref>Steensen, Robert Steen. ''Vore Panserskibe.'' (Our Armoured Vessels). 1968.</ref>
| colspan="2" | <font color="#000000"> Statistics<ref>Unless otherwise noted the statistics are from Steensen, Robert Steen. ''Vore Panserskibe.'' (Our Armoured Vessels). 1968.</ref>
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|<font color="#000000">Displacement:
|<font size=1><font color="#000000">Displacement:
|<font color="#000000">1,400 tons<br>1,535 tons - deep load
|<font size=1><font color="#000000">1,400 tons<ref>The Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies, Series II Volume 1, page 267 claims the tonnage to be 900.</ref><br>1,535 tons - deep load
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|<font color="#000000">Length:
|<font size=1><font color="#000000">Length:
|<font color="#000000">187 feet
|<font size=1><font color="#000000">187 feet<ref>ORUCN claims 171' 10"</ref>
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|<font color="#000000">Beam:
|<font size=1><font color="#000000">Beam:
|<font color="#000000">32 feet 8 inches
|<font size=1><font color="#000000">32 feet 8 inches
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|<font color="#000000">Draught:
|<font size=1><font color="#000000">Draught:
|<font color="#000000">14 feet
|<font size=1><font color="#000000">14 feet 4 inches<ref>From ORUCN</ref>
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|<font color="#000000">Propulsion:
|<font size=1><font color="#000000">Propulsion:
|<font color="#000000">Two tubular boilers<br>Two shaft return connecting rod<br>1,200 indicated horsepower
|<font size=1><font color="#000000">Two tubular boilers<ref>ORUCN claims four engines</ref><br>Two shaft return connecting rod<br>1,200 indicated horsepower
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|<font color="#000000">Fuel:
|<font size=1><font color="#000000">Fuel:
|<font color="#000000">Coal - 200 tons
|<font size=1><font color="#000000">Coal - 200 tons
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|<font color="#000000">Speed:
|<font size=1><font color="#000000">Speed:
|<font color="#000000">10.8 knots - both engines<br>5.8 knots - single engine
|<font size=1><font color="#000000">10.8 knots - both engines<ref>ORUCN claims "about 13 knots"</ref><br>5.8 knots - single engine
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|<font color="#000000">Complement:
|<font size=1><font color="#000000">Complement:
|<font color="#000000">135
|<font size=1><font color="#000000">135
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|<font color="#000000">Armament:
|<font size=1><font color="#000000">Armament:
|<font color="#000000">1 x 300-pounder Armstrong<br>2 x 70-pounder Armstrong
|<font size=1><font color="#000000">1 x 300-pounder [[Armstrong gun]]s<br>2 x 70-pounder Armstrong<ref>ORUCN claims, as of 1865, two 150-pounder Armstrong instead of two 70-pounders</ref>
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|<font color="#000000">Armor:
|<font size=1><font color="#000000">Armor:
|<font color="#000000">Fore "turret" – 4 ½ inches of iron<br>Hull – 3 ½ - 4 inches of iron<br>Aft "turret" - 4 inches of iron
|<font size=1><font color="#000000">Fore "turret" – 4 ½ inches of iron<br>Hull – 3 ½ - 4 inches of iron<br>Aft "turret" - 4 inches of iron
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* Name while in service: CSS ''Stonewall'' (named for slain Confederate General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson)
* Name while in service: CSS ''Stonewall'' (named for slain Confederate General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson)
* Engagement: Pursued by United States warships ''Sacramento'', ''Niagara'', and ''Kearsarge''.
* Engagement: Pursued by United States warships ''Sacramento'', ''Niagara'', and ''Kearsarge''.
[[Image:Confederate_States_Naval_Ensign_post_May_26_1863.png||thumb|right|Naval ensign of the Confederate States Navy.]]
[[Image:Confederate_States_Naval_Ensign_post_May_26_1863.png||thumb|right|Naval ensign of the Confederate States Navy after 26 May 1863.]]
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[[Image:Confederate States Naval Jack.png||thumb|left|Naval jack of the Confederate States Navy from 1863 through 1865.]]
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| <font size=4><font color="#000000">Crew<font size=2><ref>Evans, Clement Anselm. ''Confederate Military History.'' Volume 12.</ref>
| colspan="2" |<font color="#000000">Crew<ref>Evans, Clement Anselm. ''Confederate Military History.'' Volume 12.</ref>
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|<font size=1>Captain
|Thomas Jefferson Page
|<font size=1>Thomas Jefferson Page
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|Lieutenant
|<font size=1>Lieutenant
|Robert Randolph Carter
|<font size=1>Robert Randolph Carter
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|Lieutenant
|<font size=1>Lieutenant
|George S. Shyrock
|<font size=1>George S. Shyrock
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|Lieutenant
|<font size=1>Lieutenant
|George A. Borchert
|<font size=1>George A. Borchert
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|Lieutenant
|<font size=1>Lieutenant
|E. G. Read
|<font size=1>E. G. Read
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|Lieutenant
|<font size=1>Lieutenant
|Samuel Barron, Jr.
|<font size=1>Samuel Barron, Jr.
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|Surgeon
|<font size=1>Surgeon
|Bennett Wood Green
|<font size=1>Bennett Wood Green
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|Assistant Surgeon
|<font size=1>Assistant Surgeon
|James W. Herty
|<font size=1>James W. Herty
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|Paymaster
|<font size=1>Paymaster
|Richard W. Curtis
|<font size=1>Richard W. Curtis
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|Engineer
|<font size=1>Engineer
|William Param Brooks
|<font size=1>William Param Brooks
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|Engineer
|<font size=1>Engineer
|William Hutcheson Jackson
|<font size=1>William Hutcheson Jackson
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|Engineer
|<font size=1>Engineer
|J. C. Klosh
|<font size=1>J. C. Klosh
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|Master
|<font size=1>Master
|William W. Wilkinson
|<font size=1>William W. Wilkinson
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|Boatswain
|<font size=1>Boatswain
|John M. Dukehart
|<font size=1>John M. Dukehart
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|Gunner
|<font size=1>Gunner
|J. B. King
|<font size=1>J. B. King
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|Master’s Mate
|<font size=1>Master’s Mate
|W. H. Savage
|<font size=1>W. H. Savage
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|Paymaster’s Clerk
|<font size=1>Paymaster’s Clerk
|William Boynton
|<font size=1>William Boynton
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==References==
==References==
* Evans, Clement Anselm. Confederate military history; a library of Confederate States history. Volume 12. Atlanta, GA: Confederate Publishing Company, 1899.
* Greene, Jack and Alessandro Massignani. ''Ironclads at War: The Origin and Development of the Armored Warship, 1854-1891.'' Pennsylvania: Combined Publishing, 1998.
* Greene, Jack and Alessandro Massignani. ''Ironclads at War: The Origin and Development of the Armored Warship, 1854-1891.'' Pennsylvania: Combined Publishing, 1998.
* Naval War Records Office. ''Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies''. Series I Volumes 3 (1896), 5 (1897), 12 (1901), 16 (1903), 17 (1903), 22 (1908), 27 (1917). Series II Volumes 1 (1921), 2 (1921), 3 (1922). Washington, D.C.: Government Print. Office, 1894-1922.
* Naval War Records Office. ''Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies''. Series I Volumes 3 (1896), 5 (1897), 12 (1901), 16 (1903), 17 (1903), 22 (1908), 27 (1917). Series II Volumes 1 (1921), 2 (1921), 3 (1922). Washington, D.C.: Government Print. Office, 1894-1922.
* Steensen, Robert Steen. ''Vore Panserskibe'' (Our Armoured Vessels).
* Steensen, Robert Steen. ''Vore Panserskibe'' (Our Armoured Vessels). Copenhagen, Denmark: Marinehistorisk Selskab, 1968. 178-195.
Copenhagen, Denmark: Marinehistorisk Selskab, 1968. 178-195.
* “The Confederate Steam Ram ‘Stonewall’ leaving Lisbon Harbor.” ''Harper’s Weekly'', 13 May 1865, p. 301.
* “The Confederate Steam Ram ‘Stonewall’ leaving Lisbon Harbor.” ''Harper’s Weekly'', 13 May 1865, p. 301.