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USCGC Tallapoosa (WPG-52), 1920 |
| Class overview |
| Builders: |
Newport News Shipbuilding |
| Operators: |
United States Coast Guard |
| In service: |
- 1946 |
| In commission: |
1915 - 1946 |
| Completed: |
2 |
| Retired: |
2 |
| General characteristics |
| Displacement: |
912-964 tons |
| Length: |
165 ft 10 in |
| Beam: |
32 ft |
| Draft: |
11 ft 9 in |
| Propulsion: |
Variable |
| Speed: |
12 knots |
| Complement: |
9 officers, 63-65 enlisted |
| Armament: |
4 x 6-pounders (1915); 2 x 6-pdrs; 2 x 3" 50-cal (single-mounts) (as of 1930); 2 x 3"/50 (single-mounts); 1 x 3"/23; 2 x depth charge tracks (as of 1941); 2 x 3"/50 (single-mounts); 2 x 20mm/80 (single-mounts); 2 x Mousetraps; 4 x K-guns; 2 x depth charge tracks (as of 1945). |
The Tallapoosa-class cutters, the Tallapoosa and Ossipee, were designed for long cruises. Their hulls were reinforced for light ice-breaking. During World War II, the Ossipee was actually classified as a river gunboat (WPR) while the Tallapoosa was classified as a patrol gunboat (WPG).
[edit] References
- Canney, Donald L. (1995): U.S. Coast Guard and Revenue Cutters, 1790-1935. (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press).
- Scheina, Robert L. (1982): U.S. Coast Guard Cutters and Craft in World War II. (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press).
- U.S. Coast Guard. Public Information Division. Historical Section (1949): The Coast Guard at War: Transports and Escorts (Vol. V). (Washington, DC: Public Information Division, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters.
