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USS Tuscumbia

USS Tuscumbia tied to the river bank, 1863

Built By: Joseph Brown, Cincinnati

Launched: 1862

Commissioned: 12 March 1863

Decommissioned: February 1865

Fate: Sold, 29 November 1865

Characteristics

Type: Steam Gunboat

Displacement: 915 long tons

Length: 178 feet

Beam: 75 feet

Draft: 7 feet

Propulsion: 1 shaft 4 x steam engines

Armament

3 x 11-inch Dahlgren smoothbores

2 x 9-inch Dahlgren smoothbores

Battles

Grand Gulf

Vicksburg

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