Tallapoosa-class cutter
 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 × 6-pounders (1915); 2 × 6-pdrs; 2 × 3" 50-cal (single-mounts) (as of 1930); 2 × 3"/50 (single-mounts); 1 × 3"/23; 2 × depth charge tracks (as of 1941); 2 × 3"/50 (single-mounts); 2 × 20mm/80 (single-mounts); 2 × Mousetraps; 4 × K-guns; 2 × depth charge tracks (as of 1945). |
The Tallapoosa-class cutters is a group of two Coast Guard cutters that served with the United States Coast Guard from the 1920s to the late 1940s.
Design
The Tallapoosa-class cutters were designed for long cruises, and 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).
Ships in class
References
- Ossipee (1915), US Coast Guard website
- 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.
External links
Media related to Tallapoosa class cutters at Wikimedia Commons