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USS Mobile (I)
ex
 USS Tennessee (I)
CSS Tennessee

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal
Sidewheel Steamer:
  • Built in 1854 at Baltimore, MD., for Charles Morgan's Texas Line
  • Seized by Maj. Gen. Mansfield Lovell, CSA, 15 January 1862, at New Orleans
  • CSS Tennessee was reserved for service as a Government-operated blockade runner
  • Captured at New Orleans by Admiral Farragut's forces in April 1862
  • Sold in prize court to the US Navy
  • Commissioned, USS Tennessee, 8 May 1862, Acting Master John D. Childs in command
  • Assigned to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron
    Assisted in the capture of Port Hudson, LA., 9 July 1863
    Assisted in the capture of and forts Morgan and Gaines in August 1864
    Captured or assisted in the capture of seven Confederate vessels;
    Alabama, Friendship, and Jane in 1863 and Allison, Annie Verden, Louisia, and Emily in 1864
  • Name changed to USS Mobile, 1 September 1864, following the capture of the Confederate ironclad CSS Tennessee
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Sold at public auction, 30 March 1865, at New York City, redocumented SS Republic
  • SS Republic foundered at sea off Savannah, Ga., 25 October 1865
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,275 t.
    Length 210'
    Beam 33'
    Depth unknown
    Draft 16' 6"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament
    two 32-pdrs
    one 30-pdr Parrott rifle
    one 12-pdr (1863)
    Propulsion steam
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    For Full Size Image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Mobile 89k Watercolor by Erik Heyl, 1948, of SS Tennessee painted for use in his book "Early American Steamers", Volume I. This steamer became USS Tennessee in 1862. Renamed USS Mobile in September 1864, she remained in Navy service until sold in March 1865. She was renamed SS Republic upon her return to civilian ownership, but was lost in a hurricane on 25 October 1865. Courtesy of Erik Heyl.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 63841    		 US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Mobile
    098633810    		 89k Portrait of SS Republic, underway, date and location unknown by unknown artist

    Shipwrecks.com    		 Tommy Trampp
    Mobile
    098633802    		 158k Views of the sunken wreck of SS Republic Source, National Geographic Society (Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc.) 2003.
    098633802 - Paddle wheel
    098633803 - Gold coins at the wreck site
    098633804 - Model of SS Republic
    098633805 - One of the Paddle wheels at the wreck site
    098633806 - Ship's ribs
    098633807 - Ships' bell being retrieve from the wreck site
    098633808 - View of the wreck site    		 Tommy Trampp
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    098633803    		 320k
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    098633804    		 213k
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    098633805    		 277k
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    098633806    		 302k
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    098633807    		 311k
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    098633808    		 305k
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    098633809    		 230k SS Republic 2020 Moonlight Mint Dan Carr SS Republic Cob 25 Grams .999 Silver Octagon. Tommy Trampp
    Mobile
    098633811    		 121k Cook Islands 2013 $5 SS Republic 1853-1865 .925 Proof Silver Coin.
    Worldancient.com    		 Tommy Trampp
    Mobile
    098633812    		 233k Cook Islands 2013 $1 SS Republic 1853-1865 Proof Gold Coin.
    Worldancient.com    		 Tommy Trampp
    CSS Tennessee / USS Tennessee (I) / USS Mobile (I)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Odysseys Virtual Museum - SS Republic
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