Deck of the USS Tallapoosa after being raised USS Tallapoosa (1863) was a wooden-hulled, double-ended steamer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was outfitted with heavy guns for intercepting blockade runners and howitzers for shore bombardment. Shortly before midnight on 24 August 1884, Tallapoosa collided with schooner J. S. Lowell in Vineyard Sound and sank about 5 nautical miles ( km; mi) from Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts. After the ship had been raised and repaired by the Merritt Wrecking Company, she was recommissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 11 Jan
Deck of the USS Tallapoosa after being raised USS Tallapoosa (1863) was a wooden-hulled, double-ended steamer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was outfitted with heavy guns for intercepting blockade runners and howitzers for shore bombardment. Shortly before midnight on 24 August 1884, Tallapoosa collided with schooner J. S. Lowell in Vineyard Sound and sank about 5 nautical miles ( km; mi) from Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts. After the ship had been raised and repaired by the Merritt Wrecking Company, she was recommissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 11 January 1886. Assigned to the South Atlantic Squadron, Tallapoosa departed New York on 7 June 1886, bound for Rio de Janeiro. from the article ' SAVING A WRECKED VESSEL ' By Gustav Kobbe from The Engineering Magazine DEVOTED TO INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS Volume VII April to September, 1894 NEW YORK The Engineering Magazine Co
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