USS Mystic (1853)

History
United States
Name	USS Memphis (1858–59) USS Mystic (1859–65)
Ordered	as Mount Savage
Launched	1853
Acquired	by charter, September 1858 Purchased, May 1859
In service	1858
Out of service	1865
Fate	Sold, June 1865
General characteristics
Displacement	452 long tons (459 t)
Propulsion	Steam engine Screw-propelled
Armament	5 guns

USS Mystic was a steamer acquired by the U.S. Navy prior to the American Civil War when she was known as the USS Memphis and served in the Paraguay expedition of 1858 and 1859. During the American Civil War, she was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways.