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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
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
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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.
The schooner USS Hannah was commissioned in 1775.; The gunboat Lady Washington was commissioned in 1776 and was the first American-armed ship named for a woman. She was a row galley, a small wooden river gunboat, built in 1776 by New York State to defend Hudson River, named in honor of Martha Washington.
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.
The actress helped inspire the look for the famous logo, one of several actresses ordered by Columbia Pictures to pose as Miss Liberty, for which she was only paid $25. (Photo: Tim Boyle ...