CSS Tennessee

CSS Tennessee

Three ships in the Confederate States Navy were named CSS "Tennessee

*The first "Tennessee" was burned at the stocks prior to completion.
*The second "Tennessee" was a steamship, built in 1853 and seized by the Confederate States in 1862. She was recaptured by the Union in the Battle of New Orleans and commissioned in to the United States Navy as USS "Tennessee". She was later renamed USS "Mobile" when the ironclad CSS "Tennessee" was captured in 1864.
*The third "Tennessee" was an ironclad launched in 1863, commissioned in 1864 and was captured at the Battle of Mobile Bay, and renamed USS "Tennessee".


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