USS Tacony
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USS Tacony is a name used more than once by the United States Navy, and may refer to:
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- USS Tacony (1863)USS Tacony (1863)USS Tacony was a double-ended, side-wheel steamboat acquired by the Union Navy during the third year of the American Civil War. She was outfitted as a heavy gunboat with powerful guns and used in the Union blockade of the waterways of the Confederate States of America.- Built in Philadelphia,...
, a gunboat in commission from 1864 to 1867 which saw action during the American Civil War
- USS Tacony (SP-5)USS Tacony (SP-5)The second USS Tacony was an armed yacht that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1918.Tacony was built as the private wooden-hulled steam yacht Sybilla II in 1911 by the Mathis Yacht Building Company at Camden, New Jersey, for John F. Botz, III, of Essington,...
, a patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.
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- CSS TaconyCSS TaconyCSS Tacony was originally a bark captured by the Confederate cruiser CSS Clarence during the American Civil War and converted into a Confederate cruiser for commerce raiding.The CSS Clarence, commanded by Lt. Charles W...
, a Confederate naval vessel in commission briefly during June 1863