Wreckage Is Not USS Chattanooga - Chattanoogan.com
Wreckage Is Not USS Chattanooga Friday, April 30, 2021 The story Wreckage Located In Tennessee River is in error. There is no way that the ship wreckage found is USS Chattanooga. Both ships named USS Chattanooga were commissioned after the Civil War. The first Chattanooga, a screw steamer, was launched Oct. 13, 1864 by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, Pa.; completed by the Philadelphia Navy Yard and commissioned May 16, 1866, Captain J. P. McKinstry in command. After final trials in August 1866, Chattanooga returned to the Navy Yard where she was decommissioned Sept. 3, 1866....
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