CSS Tallahassee

CSS Tallahassee
History
Confederate States
NameTallahassee
BuilderJ & W Dudgeon, Cubitt Town, London
CommissionedJuly 20, 1864
RenamedCSS Olustee
FateWrecked 21 July 1869
General characteristics
Displacement700 tons
Length220 ft (67 m)
Beam24 ft (7.3 m)
Draft14 ft (4.3 m)
Propulsion2 – 100 h.p steam engines. 2 screws. Mast and sails
Speed15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement120
Armament1 rifled 32 pounder forward, 1 rifled 100 pounder amidship, 1 heavy Parrot aft

The CSS Tallahassee was a twin-screw steamer and cruiser in the Confederate States Navy, purchased in 1864, and used for commerce raiding off the Atlantic coast. She later operated under the names CSS Olustee and CSS Chameleon.