Friday, December 20, 2019

CSS Tallahassee-- Part 1: Ship of Many Names and Careers


From Wikipedia.

The CSS Tallahassee was a twin screw steamer (blockade runner) and cruiser used in the Confederate Navy.

It originally was the blockade runner Atalanta and then purchased by the Confederate Navy and renamed the CSS Tallahassee and became a cruiser preying on Northern shipping.

Late it became the CSS Olustee and went for a crusier under Lt. William Henry Ward and lastly, became a blockade runner again, this time named CSS Chameleon.

Chameleon was definitely a good name for the ship.

--Old B-Runner

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