USS Tuscumbia (1864)

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:starship
gptkbp:approves not applicable
gptkbp:armament 2 × 11-inch guns
4 × 24-pounder howitzers
gptkbp:armor iron plating
gptkbp:beam 50 feet
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Captain_John_W._Mc_Cauley
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Union_Navy
1864
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:Union_forces
gptkb:James_B._Eads
gptkbp:crew approximately 100 men
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Union_Navy
1865
gptkbp:design Eads design
gptkbp:displacement 1,200 tons
gptkbp:draft_year 10 feet
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
scrapped in 1867
gptkbp:frequency gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:historical_context Civil War naval technology
gptkbp:historical_role gptkb:military_siege
gptkbp:historical_significance first ironclad warship built for the U. S. Navy
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:New_Orleans,_Louisiana
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Tuscumbia (1864)
gptkbp:is_engaged_in gptkb:battle
gptkbp:launched 1864
gptkbp:legacy influence on future warship designs
gptkbp:length 175 feet
gptkbp:notable_event riverine operations
blockade duty
participated in the Battle of Mobile Bay
gptkbp:notable_feature casemate armor
sternwheel propulsion
gptkbp:operates_under gptkb:Admiral_David_Farragut
gptkbp:operational_range inland waters
gptkbp:participated_in siege operations
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:railway_line
gptkbp:role gptkb:battle
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:river
gptkb:Gulf_of_Mexico
gptkbp:services gptkb:battle
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USS_Neosho
gptkb:USS_Osage
USS Chickasaw
gptkbp:speed 8 knots
gptkbp:type gptkb:starship
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Tuscumbia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5