Tallapoosa-class cutter
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.
 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 x 6-pounders (1915); 2 x 6-pdrs; 2 x 3" 50-cal (single-mounts) (as of 1930); 2 x 3"/50 (single-mounts); 1 x 3"/23; 2 x depth charge tracks (as of 1941); 2 x 3"/50 (single-mounts); 2 x 20mm/80 (single-mounts); 2 x Mousetraps; 4 x K-guns; 2 x depth charge tracks (as of 1945). |
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
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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.
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