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Memphis ScStr

Memphis I The first Memphis, a 5-gun screw steamer built as Mount Savage at Philadelphia in 1853, was chartered by the Navy as Memphis 13 September 1858 for the Expedition to Paraguay 1859 and purchased 26 May 1859. She was renamed Mystic( -t.v. ) 14 June 1859.

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