USS Memphis (1862)
19th-century American steamship / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Memphis.
The second USS Memphis was a 7-gun screw steamer, built by William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton, Scotland in 1861, which briefly served as a Confederate blockade runner before being captured and taken into the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was destroyed by fire in 1883.
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USS Memphis | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Memphis |
Owner | Denny & Begbie |
Builder | William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton, Scotland |
Launched | April 3, 1862 |
Homeport | London |
Identification | United Kingdom Official Number 44836 |
Fate | Captured, July 31, 1862 |
United States | |
Name | USS Memphis |
Acquired |
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Commissioned | October 4, 1862 |
Decommissioned | May 6, 1867 |
Fate | Sold, May 8, 1869 |
United States | |
Name | Mississippi |
Owner |
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Acquired | May 8, 1869 |
Homeport |
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Fate | Destroyed by fire, May 13, 1883 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Screw steamer |
Tonnage | 1,091 GRT, 791 NRT |
Length | 239 ft (72.8 m) |
Beam | 30 ft 2 in (9.2 m) |
Depth | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
Installed power | 2-cylinder Steam engine, 200nhp |
Propulsion | Single screw propeller |
Speed | 11.5 kn (21.3 km/h) |
Armament | 7 × guns |
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