What was the Navy of the Confederate States?
Q: What was the Navy of the Confederate States?
A: The Navy of the Confederate States (CSN) was the Navy of the Confederate States of America.
Q: Who appointed Stephen Mallory as Secretary of the Confederate Navy?
A: Jefferson Davis, who had been elected president, appointed Stephen Mallory as his Secretary of the Confederate Navy.
Q: What resources did the South have to challenge the United States Navy's frigates?
A: The South had no ships capable of challenging the United States Navy's frigates and did not have shipbuilding capability or raw materials necessary to build a navy.
Q: What technologies did they develop despite their limited resources?
A: Despite their limited resources, they developed naval mines, ironclad techniques and managed to sink a Union warship with a working submarine.
Q: How powerful was their navy compared to that of Union's?
A: Their navy did not have the firepower of that of Union's.
Q: What type of vessel were they able to sink with a working submarine?
A: They were able to sink a Union warship with a working submarine.
Q: What other naval developments were made by Confederates during this time period? A: In addition to sinking a Union warship with a working submarine, Confederates also developed naval mines and ironclad techniques.
