1/600 CSS Charleston

The most powerful of the Charleston ironclads to see service. She was referred to as "The Ladies' Gunboat" because her construction was made possible through the subscription of prominent ladies of Charleston. Said to have been painted brick red, with a white waterline, white stack, white pilothouses, and white gratings. She was a powerful and useful ship, but her engines were constantly breaking down, a problem that had not been remedied by the time Charleston surrendered in 1865, two years after her commissioning.