On Dec. 12, 1862, naval history was made when the Union ironclad USS Cairo ... first hand accounting of the Cairo will be lost forever. When finally raised, the vessel and her contents, served ...

On the cold morning of Dec. 12, 1862, Lt. Cmdr. Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr., the skipper of the federal ironclad, USS Cairo, led a small flotilla up the Yazoo River, north of Vicksburg, to destroy ...

You can find the USS Cairo ironclad at the USS Cairo and Gunboat Museum in Vicksburg, Mississippi, which houses the reconstructed ship. The vessel sank in 1862 and was recovered in 1964 ...

A crane lifts the armored pilot house of the Union gunboat USS Cairo from the Yazoo River on Sept. 15, 1960, after rediscovery of the wreck. The Cairo was sunk Look Back: Eads' Civil War gunboats ...

1862 - Confederate torpedo (mine) sinks USS Cairo in Yazoo River. 1937 - Japanese aircraft sink USS Panay in Yangtze River near Nanking, China. 1941 - Naval Air Transport Service is established.

near Cairo. His workers launched the first, the USS St. Louis, from Carondelet on Oct. 12. He paid penalties and delivered all seven by mid-November. The Union gained much more than late fees.

(WJTV) – On October 2, the Vicksburg National Military Park (VNMP) will implement adjustments to the days of operation for the main Visitor Center and the USS Cairo Museum. According to ...