&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:USS_Tallapoosa_revised.jpg) Wash drawing by Clary Ray, circa 1900, depicting Tallapoosa as she appeared during the American Civil War.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Tallapoosa |
| Namesake | A navigable river which rises in Paulding County in northwestern Georgia |
| Builder | New York Navy Yard |
| Laid down | date unknown |
| Launched | 17 February 1863 |
| Commissioned | 13 September 1864 |
| Decommissioned | circa 30 January 1892 |
| Fate | Sold at Montevideo, Uruguay, on 3 March 1892 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Sassacus-class gunboat |
| Displacement | 974 tons |
| Length | 205 ft (62 m) |
| Beam | 35 ft (11 m) |
| Draft | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Depth of hold | 11 ft 6 in (3.51 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
| Complement | 190 officers and enlisted |
| Armament |
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| Notes | double ended |
USS Tallapoosa was a wooden-hulled, double-ended steamer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was outfitted with heavy guns for intercepting blockade runners and howitzers for shore bombardment.
Tallapoosa remained in service after the war and served in various capacities, including schoolship for midshipmen of the United States Naval Academy. She was sold in Uruguay in 1892.