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USS Tempest

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| December 30, 1864

| April 26, 1865

| Tempest served in the Mississippi Squadron as the flagship of Acting Rear Admiral Samuel Phillips Lee, and was involved in the effort to block the escape of Jefferson Davis.

| Sold, November 29, 1865{{sfn|Silverstone|1989|p=179}}

| Burned, December 27, 1869