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Snowdrop

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal
Harbor Tug:
  • Built by Robert McKibben, Buffalo, NY
  • Completed as steam tug Albert DeGroot, July 1863
  • Purchased by Navy from C.W. Copeland at Perth Amboy, NJ, for $22,500, 16 October 1863
  • Placed in service as Snowdrop, 1863
  • Served in North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864
  • Served as yard tug, Norfolk Navy Yard, 1865 - 1883
  • Final disposition, sold and broken up at New York Navy Yard, 1884
    Specifications:
    Hull wood
    Displacement 125 tons
    Length 91' 0"
    Beam 17' 6"
    Draft 8' 0"
    Speed 12 mph
    Complement 14
    Armament two guns
    Propulsion one overhead cylinder engine (24" x 24"), one screw
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