USS Tahgayuta (1863)
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name: | USS Tahgayuta |
| Ordered: | 1863 |
| Builder: | Hazelhurst and Wiegard, Baltimore, Maryland (proposed) |
| Fate: | Cancelled |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Contoocook-class sloop-of-war[1] or frigate[2] |
| Length: | 290 ft (88 m) (waterline) |
| Beam: | 41 ft (12 m) |
| Height: | 15 ft 6 in (4.72 m) mean |
| Propulsion: | 4 Martin boilers (2 superheaters), 1-shaft, horizontal return connecting rod engine |
| Sail plan: | bark-rigged[1] or ship-rigged[2] |
| Speed: | 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph) |
| Complement: | 350 |
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USS Tahgayuta was a proposed United States Navy screw sloop-of-war or steam frigate of 1863 that was cancelled.
Tahgayuta was a wooden-hulled bark-rigged[1] (or ship-rigged[2]) Contoocook-class screw sloop-of-war[1] or steam frigate[2] with a single funnel slated to be built in 1863 for the Union Navy by Hazelhurst and Wiegard of Baltimore, Maryland. Plans for her construction were cancelled.
References
- Notes
- 1 2 3 4 "Tahgayuta". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History & Heritage Command. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
- 1 2 3 4 Per Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905, p. 125, whether she would have considered a sloop or frigate depended on whether or not she would have been built with a spar deck, without which she have been a sloop, but it is unknown whether she would have had a spar deck or not because she was never built and because her completed sisters differed in this regard.
- Bibliography
- Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M., eds. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. New York: Mayflower Books, Inc. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
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