Tallapoosa-class cutter

USCGC Tallapoosa (WPG-52), 1920
Class overview
BuildersNewport News Shipbuilding
OperatorsUnited States Coast Guard
In service- 1946
In commission1915–1946
Completed2
Retired2
General characteristics
Displacement912-964 tons
Length165 ft 10 in
Beam32 ft
Draft11 ft 9 in
PropulsionVariable
Speed12 knots
Complement9 officers, 63-65 enlisted
Armament4 × 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

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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

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  • Ossipee (1915)[permanent dead link], 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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