USS Memphis (1862)
USS Memphis | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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.