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USS Cairo Museum

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USS Cairo was one of the first American ironclad warships built at the beginning of the U.S. Civil War.Cairo was the lead ship of the City-class gunboats and named for Cairo, Illinois. In June 1862, she captured the Confederate garrison of Fort Pillow on the Mississippi, enabling Union forces to occupy Memphis. As part of the Yazoo Pass Expedition, she was sunk on 12 December 1862, while clearing mines for the attack on Haines Bluff. Cairo was the first ship ever to be sunk by a mine remotely detonated by hand.The remains of Cairo can be viewed at Vicksburg National Military Park with a museum of its weapons and naval stores.Service in the American Civil WarCairo was built by James Eads and Co., Mound City, Illinois, in 1861, by under contract to the United States Department of War. She was commissioned as part of the Union Army's Western Gunboat Flotilla, which had US Navy Lieutenant James M. Prichett in command.

Address: 3201 Clay St, Vicksburg, MS 39183, USA
Phone: (601) 636-2199
State: Mississippi
Zip Code: 39183


Opening Hours

Monday: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Tuesday: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Wednesday: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Thursday: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Friday: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Sunday: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM


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Reviews
Free with park fee. Lots of original items recovered from the boat. You'll spend at least 20 minutes here. Good place for restroom stop while in the park. Nice parking lot and next to cemetery.
7 years ago (01-01-2018)
The Cairo Museum is really interesting. You can walk on the ship and see how it worked. There is also a museum indoors that has a lot of items that were recovered when the ship was brought up from the Mississippi river bottom. I would definitely recommend stopping and checking it out.
8 years ago (25-11-2017)
Loved this place. To see and to get that close to an old iron clad ship is really neat. The museum was lackluster, but not bad.
7 years ago (09-01-2018)
This was a place I have wanted to visit for a long time and it didn't dissapoint. They let you get on the only remaining city class gun boat! It has a nice museum right next to it, which is all about iron class and sailors. Plus picnic tables scattered around to eat at.
8 years ago (06-12-2017)
great museum! its got a lot of cool artifacts and its really cool how they restored the original ship.
7 years ago (05-01-2018)
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