The popular story told regarding the confederate ship, the CSS Alabama and her involvement with the town named Luderitz, normally runs as follows: During the Civil War in America (1861 – 1865) the Confederate Ship ‘CSS Alabama’ used the lagoon Angra Pequena, today known as Luderitz as a base. The Frigate ‘USS Vanderbilt’, of the northern states discovered her there and a battle ensued between the two of them