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USS Mystic was a steamer acquired by the U.S. Navy prior to the American Civil War when she was known as the USS Memphis and served in the Paraguay expedition of 1858 and 1859. During the American Civil War , she was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways.
Memphis was commissioned on 4 February 1925, with future Admiral, Captain Henry E. Lackey in command. [3] Memphis was 550 feet (170 metres) long at the waterline with an overall length of 555 feet 6 inches (169.32 metres), her beam was 55 feet 4 inches (16.87 metres) and a mean draft of 13 feet 6 inches (4.11 metres
USS Memphis may refer to: USS Memphis (1853) , was a wooden five-gun crew steamer chartered by the US Navy for the Paraguay expedition and renamed Mystic 14 June 1859 USS Memphis (1862) , was a civilian steamship purchased by the US Navy from a prize court 4 September 1862 and was decommissioned and sold 8 May 1869
For ships with unique names, "USS Shipname" redirects to the ship article. For reused names, "USS Shipname" is an index page for the ships of that name; the links after the name lead to the specific ship pages.I Love It
Many great points of historical interest in Memphis reside in this area. One is the National Civil Rights Museum. The others include the Blues Hall of Fame and the historic restaurant the Arcade, located on the south corner of South Main and G.E. Patterson. It is the oldest coffee shop and one of the oldest family owned restaurants in Memphis.
According to the museum, the fundraiser was not authorized, which goes against policy. The dinner had been scheduled for Dec. 20. Brooks Museum terminates restaurant contract after social media ...
In 1999, the East Memphis restaurant moved to 585 Erin Drive. That same year, a second location was opened at 7652 Poplar Ave. in Germantown. Those two locations closed on Nov. 3.
USS Memphis (SSN-691), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Memphis, Tennessee.The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 4 February 1971 and her keel was laid down on 23 June 1973.