CSS David

Pen-and ink drawing of CSS David, showing external and internal plan
History
Confederate States
Name	David
Launched	1863
Commissioned	1863
Decommissioned	1865?
Fate	unknown
General characteristics
Length	50 ft (15 m)
Beam	6 ft (1.8 m)
Draft	5 ft (1.5 m)
Propulsion	Steam engine
Complement	4 officers and men
Armament	1 spar torpedo

CSS David was an American Civil War-era torpedo boat. On October 5, 1863, she undertook a partially successful attack on USS New Ironsides which was participating in the blockade of Charleston, South Carolina.