Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p CSS Shenandoah, formerly Sea King, was an iron-framed, teak-planked, full-rigged ship, with auxiliary steam power, captained by Confederate States Navy Lieutenant Commanding James Waddell, a North Carolinian with twenty years of prior service in the United States Navy.The C.S.S. Shenandoah was launched on August 17, 1863, and went on to become one of the most feared commerce raiders in the Confederate Navy. It surrendered on November 6, 1865, and its flag was the last sovereign Confederate flag to be furled.During 12½ months of 1864–1865 the ship undertook commerce raiding resulting in the capture and sinking or bonding of thirty-eight Union merchant vessels, mostly New Bedford whaleships. This ship is notable for firing the last shot of the American Civil War, at a whaler in waters off the Aleutian Islands.. }
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- CSS_Shenandoah abstract "CSS Shenandoah, formerly Sea King, was an iron-framed, teak-planked, full-rigged ship, with auxiliary steam power, captained by Confederate States Navy Lieutenant Commanding James Waddell, a North Carolinian with twenty years of prior service in the United States Navy.The C.S.S. Shenandoah was launched on August 17, 1863, and went on to become one of the most feared commerce raiders in the Confederate Navy. It surrendered on November 6, 1865, and its flag was the last sovereign Confederate flag to be furled.During 12½ months of 1864–1865 the ship undertook commerce raiding resulting in the capture and sinking or bonding of thirty-eight Union merchant vessels, mostly New Bedford whaleships. This ship is notable for firing the last shot of the American Civil War, at a whaler in waters off the Aleutian Islands.".