History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Tahoma |
Laid down | 1861 |
Launched | 2 October 1861 |
Commissioned | 20 December 1861 |
Decommissioned | 23 July 1864 |
In service | 13 April 1865 |
Out of service | 27 August 1867 |
Stricken | 1867 (est.) |
Fate | Sold, 7 October 1867 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Unadilla-class gunboat |
Displacement | 691 tons |
Tons burthen | 507 |
Length | 158 ft (48 m) (waterline) |
Beam | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) (max.) |
Depth of hold | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
Propulsion | 2 × 200 IHP 30-in bore by 18 in stroke horizontal back-acting engines; single screw |
Sail plan | Two-masted schooner |
Speed | 10 kn (11.5 mph) |
Complement | 114 |
Armament |
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USS Tahoma was a Unadilla-class gunboat built by order of the United States Navy for service during the American Civil War.
Tahoma was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways.