The USS Tuscumbia.
Commissioned 5
September 1862. One of three similarly built boats, Chillicothe
and Indianola were the others. The Tuscumbia was another another of Brown's ugly designs. She was pretty wide at 75 feet, and mounted an impressive battery of guns, but was poorly built and suffered badly at Grand Gulf, being hit 81 times.
Service record is;
Recapture of Ft. Heiman in Tennessee River, 12-14 March 1863.
Ran past the batteries at Vicksburg, 16 April 1863.
Bombardment of Grand Gulf, Mississippi, 29 April 1863.
Bombardment of Vicksburg 18-22 May 1863.
Builder:Brown (McCord).
Tonnage: 575 tons
Dimensions: 178' x 75' x 7'
Armament: 3 ea. 11" Smooth Bores (forward, 2 ea. 9" Smooth Bores (aft).
Armor: 6" Casemate.