South
Mississippi
Warren

USS Cairo

USS Cairo is the lead ship of the City-class casemate ironclads built at the beginning of the American Civil War to serve as river gunboats. Cairo is named for .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: 1861 City-class ironclad
  • Also known as: “USS Cairo Museum”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lower Mississippi River Museum and Old Warren County Courthouse.

Museum
Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a museum in . The Water Resources Development Act of 1992 authorized the and Riverfront Interpretive Site. is situated 2 miles southwest of USS Cairo.

Museum
Photo: David.rorick, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Old Courthouse, Warren County, stands prominently on a hill in , and was a symbol of Confederate resistance during the Siege of Vicksburg. is situated 2 miles southwest of USS Cairo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Waltersville and Vicksburg.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , United States.

Photo: Charles Bell, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city of 22,000 people in Warren County, . is a cultural landmark in the American South, and is home to the Southern Cultural Heritage Center, Military Park, and the Lower Mississippi River Museum.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. is situated 3½ miles east of USS Cairo.

USS Cairo

Latitude
32.37592° or 32° 22′ 33″ north
Longitude
-90.86666° or 90° 52′ west
Elevation
253 feet (77 metres)
Inception
1861
Open location code
864F94GM+98
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1820725848
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ship
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
4449133
Wiki­data ID
Q3545006
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“USS Cairo” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “يو اس اس كايرو”
  • Dutch: “USS Cairo”
  • Finnish: “USS Cairo”
  • French: “USS Cairo”
  • Irish: “USS Cairo”
  • Italian: “USS Cairo”
  • Japanese: “カイロ”
  • Persian: “یواس‌اس کایرو”
  • Polish: “USS Cairo”
  • Spanish: “USS Cairo”
  • “USS Cairo”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “USS Cairo”. Photo: Katyrw, CC BY-SA 3.0.