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USS Sweet Brier

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal
Harbor Tug:
  • Built by unknown builder, Buffalo, NY
  • Completed as screw tug Dictator, 1863
  • Purchased by Navy at New York from McCready & Co. for $33,000, 22 September 1863
  • Commissioned USS Sweet Brier, 25 January 1864
  • Served in South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864 - 1865
  • Sold at public auction at New York by Burdett, Jones & Co. to D.T. Rowland for $8,100, 25 October 1865
  • Documented as merchant tug Conqueror (ON 4893), 28 December 1866
  • Final disposition, abandoned, 1900
    Specifications:
    Hull wood
    Displacement 243 tons
    Length 120' 0"
    Beam 21' 3"
    Draft 9' 6"
    Speed 9 knots
    Complement 37
    Armament one heavy 12-pdr SB, one 20-pdr Parrott rifle
    Propulsion one vertical direct-acting engine (30" x 30"), one screw
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    Commanding Officers
    01Acting Ensign J.D. Dexter25 January 1864 - ????
    USS Sweet Brier
    DANFS history entry located at the Naval History and Heritage Command website
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