USS Tigress (1871)
USS Tigress in a New York yard preparing to search for the Polaris Expedition | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Tigress |
| Builder | Harvey and Co., Quebec, Canada |
| Launched | 1871 |
| Acquired | by charter, 1873 |
| Commissioned | 1873 |
| Decommissioned | 1873 |
| Fate | Returned to owner |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Whaler |
| Tonnage | 360 long tons (366 t) |
| Length | 139 ft (42 m) |
| Beam | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
| Draft | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Depth of hold | 16 ft 2 in (4.93 m) |
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The third USS Tigress was a screw steamer of the United States Navy, chartered during 1873 to mount an Arctic rescue mission.