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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.
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
The Memphis catapults a Vought O2U Corsair floatplane during fleet maneuvers on 10 May 1933. Late in February, Memphis got underway for a shakedown cruise in the Caribbean. On 13 April, the cruiser participated in the dedication of an American memorial gateway to Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry at Port of Spain, Trinidad.
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USS Bowfin Submarine and Memorial Park [9] USS Cobia: United States Wisconsin: Manitowoc: United States. 1943 Gato class: Submarine: Wisconsin Maritime Museum [10] [circular reference] USS Cairo: United States Mississippi: Vicksburg: United States: 1862 City class: Gunboat: Vicksburg National Military Park [11] USS Cassin Young: United States ...
Twenty-three United States Navy submarines are designated as memorials.. Albacore: Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Batfish: Muskogee, Oklahoma; Becuna: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ...
On 25 May 1916, Tennessee was renamed Memphis, honoring the city of Memphis, Tennessee, so that the name "Tennessee" could be reassigned to the new battleship Tennessee (BB-43). [ 2 ] In July 1916, under the command of Captain Edward L. Beach, Sr. , the ship got underway for the Caribbean arriving at Santo Domingo on 23 July for peace-keeping ...
The wreck of USS Memphis. Memphis was at anchor .5 nmi (0.58 mi; 0.93 km) off a rocky beach in 45 ft (14 m) of water in the harbor of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic on the afternoon of 29 August 1916 with two of her 16 boilers operating in case she needed to get underway; the gunboat USS Castine also was anchored in the harbor.