USS Tuscumbia (1862)
Gunboat of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Tuscumbia.
The first USS Tuscumbia was a gunboat in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was named for the town of Tuscumbia, Alabama, which had been named for a Cherokee chief.
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Tuscumbia circa 1863. USS Linden is behind her and a mortar boat is in front | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Tuscumbia |
Builder | Joseph Brown, Cincinnati, Ohio |
Laid down | 1862 |
Launched | 2 December 1862 |
Commissioned | 12 March 1863 |
Decommissioned | February 1865 |
Fate | Sold, 29 November 1865 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Steam gunboat |
Displacement | 915 long tons (930 t) |
Length | 178 ft |
Beam | 75 ft |
Draft | 7 ft (2.1 m) |
Propulsion | 1 x shaft, 4 x steam engines |
Speed | 10 knots[1] |
Complement | 130 officers & men |
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Tuscumbia was built in 1862 at Cincinnati, Ohio, by Joseph Brown; launched on 2 December; and commissioned at Cairo, Illinois; on 12 March 1863, Lieutenant Commander James W. Shirk in command. She had two engines for the two sidewheels and two smaller engines for her two screws.[2]