CSS Tennessee explained

Three ships in the Confederate States Navy were named CSS Tennessee

• was a steamship, built in 1853 and seized by the Confederate States in 1861; she was recaptured by the Union in the Battle of New Orleans and commissioned into the United States Navy as ; she was later renamed USS Mobile when the ironclad was captured in 1864
• was burned at the stocks prior to completion
• was an ironclad launched in 1863, commissioned in 1864 and was captured at the Battle of Mobile Bay, and renamed

See also

• • • Tennessee (disambiguation)