USCGC Tallapoosa (WPG-52)
USCGC ''Tallapoosa'' (WPG-52) was a United States Coast Guard United States Coast Guard Cutter, cutter of the ''Tallapoosa''-class and was designed to replace the revenue cutter . Her hull was reinforced for light icebreaking. She was initially stationed at Mobile, Alabama, with cruising grounds to Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, and Fowey Rocks, Florida. During World War I she escorted convoys out of Halifax, Nova Scotia. After the war she served with the Bering Sea Patrol before returning to Savannah, Georgia, before World War II. During the war ''Tallapoosa'' assisted with convoy escort duty and anti-submarine patrols. History ''Tallapoosa'' left Newport News, Virginia towed by USS Apache (1891), USGCC ''Apache'' on 16 July 1915 and arrived at the United States Coast Guard Yard, Coast Guard Depot at Curtis Bay, Maryland, the following day. The officers and crew of ''Winona'' were transferred to her on 18 July and she was placed in commission at the depot 12 August 1915. She was ...
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Tallapoosa 1920
Tallapoosa may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Tallapoosas, a division of Upper Creek Indians in Alabama Places in the United States *Tallapoosa, Georgia *Tallapoosa, Missouri *Tallapoosa County, Alabama *Tallapoosa River, Alabama Ships *USS Tallapoosa (1863), USS ''Tallapoosa'' (1863) *USCGC Tallapoosa (WPG-52), USCGC ''Tallapoosa'' (WPG-52) See also

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