USS Tennessee-- Part 3: USS Tennessee, USS Mobile, SS Republic

As a Union blockader, the USS Tennessee was fast enough to be effective and also powerful as it bombarded Fort Morgan during the Battle of Mobile Bay.

In September 1864, she was renamed USS Mobile so the ironclad  CSS Tennessee, captured at the Battle of Mobile Bay, could be the USS Tennessee.

In October 1864, he USS Mobile was damaged by a hurricane off the mouth of the Rio Grande and sent to New York for repairs..  There, after inspection, it was determined that it would be too expensive to repair and it was decommissioned in December 1864.

Sold at auction in March 1865 and renamed the SS Republic, repaired and placed in service again running between New York and New Orleans hauling passengers and cargo.

A Ship of Many Names.  --Old B-T'er