CSS Tallahassee
The CSS Tallahassee was a twin-screw steamer and cruiser in the Confederate States Navy, purchased in 1864, and used for commerce raiding off the Atlantic coast. She later operated under the names CSS Olustee and CSS Chameleon.
CSS Tallahassee | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Confederate States | |
| Name | Tallahassee |
| Builder | J & W Dudgeon, Cubitt Town, London |
| Commissioned | July 20, 1864 |
| Renamed | CSS Olustee |
| Fate | Wrecked 21 July 1869 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 700 tons |
| Length | 220 ft (67 m) |
| Beam | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
| Draft | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 – 100 h.p steam engines. 2 screws. Mast and sails |
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 120 |
| Armament | 1 rifled 32 pounder forward, 1 rifled 100 pounder amidship, 1 heavy Parrot aft |
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