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<h2 id="huntsville">Huntsville</h2>
<p><i>Phoenix</i> was built at the <a href="/facts/Selma,_Alabama_in_the_American_Civil_War/YHQ7lEAm">Confederate Naval Works at Selma</a> 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 <a href="/facts/Mobile,_Alabama/r3yXLrtQ">Mobile</a> and scuttled by Confederate forces at the <a href="/facts/Dog_River_(Alabama)/nkATQJ4E">Dog River</a> Bar in <a href="/facts/Mobile_Bay/5N6rP11g">Mobile Bay</a> on August 7, 1864.  She was blown up a few nights later by Union sailors from the <a href="/facts/USS_Metacomet_(1863)/n3rLw3xy">USS <i>Metacomet</i></a>.  The Confederates then burned her to the waterline.  The wreck was located in 1985 and was determined to be well preserved.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a>
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<h2 id="bibliography">Bibliography</h2>
<ul><li>Bisbee, Saxon T. (2018). <i>Engines of Rebellion: Confederate Ironclads and Steam Engineering in the American Civil War</i>. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-81731-986-1.</li>
<li>Canney, Donald L. (2015). <i>The Confederate Steam Navy 1861-1865</i>. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-7643-4824-2.</li></ul>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Phoenix". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. United States Navy. September 24, 2011. <a href="http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/cfa7/phoenix.htm" target="_blank">http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/cfa7/phoenix.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Gaines, W. Craig (2008). Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks. LSU Press. pp. 1–8. ISBN 978-0-8071-3274-6. <a href="978-0-8071-3274-6" target="_blank">978-0-8071-3274-6</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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