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) Ship names