USS Tuscumbia
Gunboat
The first USS Tuscumbia was a gunboat in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was named for the town of Tuscumbia, Alabama, which had been named for a Cherokee chief. Wikipedia
Launched: December 2, 1862
Tuscumbia was built in 1862 at Cincinnati, Ohio, by Joseph Brown; launched on 2 December; and commissioned at Cairo, Illinois; on 12 March 1863, Lieutenant ...
USS Tuscumbia is a name used more than once by the U.S. Navy: USS Tuscumbia (1862), a gunboat in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.
USS Tuscumbia, a 575-ton casemate ironclad river gunboat built at Cincinnati, Ohio, was commissioned in March 1863. She was immediately in action, taking part ...
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USS Linden (1863-1864, Tinclad # 10) is moored outboard of the Tuscumbia. Two mortar boats, one with a 13-inch mortar on board, are inboard. Note damage to the ...
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USS Tuscumbia. The Natick Class USS Tuscumbia, foreground, assists the battleship USS Missouri in May 1986.
Jun 15, 2023 · USS Tuscumbia (I) · Built in 1862 at New Albany, Indiana. · Launched 2 December 1862 · Commissioned USS Tuscumbia, 12 March 1863, at Cairo, IL., ...
TUSCUMBIA. Acquisition.--Built by contract with Joseph Brown, at Cincinnati, Ohio; launched, December 2, 1862, at New Albany, Ind.; completed, March 5, 1863, ...
USS Tuscumbia (YTB-762) was a United States Navy Natick class large district harbor tug. The second ship to bear the name, Tuscumbia was named for the town ...
NH 49998 USS Tuscumbia (1863-1865) ... Description: Moored to the shore on the Western Rivers, circa 1863. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.