Confederate States of America

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Having a smaller navy than its northern neighbour the Confederate States Navy doctrine was to sacrifice armour for speed and in general the CSN ships were 3-5 knots faster. Collaboration with their Northern neighbours never really took untill the Japanese attacks on Hawaii and the Phillipines drew the two Americas into the war at the same time. While they were then allies. The cooperation was in having one headquarters command structure but the fleets and armies remained separate entities though they may have fought together in the same battles. The CSA Task Forces were just as active in both the Pacific and Atlantic theaters. The main cooperation along with the UK/Commonwealth was in the realms of RADAR, SONAR/ASDIC and other fire support apparatus. The CSA's Treaty with France meant that when the French surrendered in 1940 the surviving Fleet units went and interned themselves at CSA ports till the CSA entered the war at which stage the French units received needed refits and rejoined the Allies. The French had been in cooperation with the CSN during the 1920's and 30's which enabled the CSN to be the only other navy to field the auto 5.1" twin and quad turrets of French design.

Biscayne Bay, Florida during the 1930's.

Class Name	No.	First Date	Page Address (Click on thumbnail for page view)
Aircraft Carriers
CSS Kentucky (CVB)	1	1945
CSS Phillipines (CVB)	1	1945
CSS Midway (CVL)	8	1943+
CSS Manzanillo (CV)	5	1942+
CSS Tayacoba (CVE)	12	1942+
CSS San Juan (CV)	3	1935+
CSS Wake Island (CV)	2	1929
CSS Guantanamo (CV)	1	1918
Battleships / Battlecruisers
CSS Monterey (BC)	2	1910
CSS Puerto Rico (BC)	2	1913
CSS Cuba (BC)	2	1916
CSS Georgia (BC)	3	1918-19
CSS New Mexico (BB)	3	1936+
CSS Alabama (BB)	3	1943
CSS Veracruz (BB)	2	1944
Cruisers (Heavy, Light, Armoured, AA)
CSS Tijuana (CL)	4	1915
CSS Santa Fe (CL)	4	1918
CSS Tuscaloosa (CL)	8	1923
CSS Los Angeles (CA)	2	1928
CSS Miami (CA)	4	1932+
CSS Norfolk (CA)	4	1938
CSS San Diego (CL)	10	1939+
CSS Nicaragua (CA)	8	1940+
CSS Apache (CLA)	10	1942+
Destroyers
CSS Sampson DDL	8	1944
CSS Schley DD	24	1943
CSS Glass DD	120	1940
CSS McKinley DDL	16	1934
CSS Sigsbee DD	44	1931
CSS Dewey DD	24	1925
CSS Greenbow (DDE)	24	1942
CSS Washburn (FG)	72	1939
CSS Lee DD/DDE	16	1918
CSS Marix DDE	12	1915
Miscelaneous
CSS Merrimack (Mon)	1	1944
CSS TS-01 (TB)	48	1936+
CSS Havana (ML)	4	1941
CSS Honduras (Mon)	2	1918
CSS Cape Fear (Ms/As/ML)	112	1938+
CSS Santee River	34	1917+

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