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U.S.S. Cairo collection, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0460.001_001.005
Description
A worker in Pascagoula, Mississippi, keeps the hull timbers of the U.S.S. Cairo moist to preserve them, circa 1970. (Another image included). Photographer: Dr. David Hiley.
The U.S.S. Cairo was an ironclad gunboat that sank in the Yazoo River north of Vicksburg, Mississippi, on December 12, 1862. It was raised, stored at Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula from 1965 to 1977, and is now displayed at a museum in Vicksburg.
Date Created
2021
Date
undated
Recommended Citation
"U.S.S. Cairo at Pascagoula" (2021). Images. 3.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-usscairo1/3
Keeping the timbers moist
Keywords
U.S.S. Cairo.
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