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King Philip
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 Powhatan (II) (1961)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Campaign Medal
Sidewheel Steamer-Tug:
  • Built as the wood sidewheel steamer Powhatanbuilt at Baltimore, MD in 1845 by J. A. and E. T. Robinson
  • Date unknown
  • Operated on the Potomac out of Georgetown, D.C.
  • Seized by the Army, 21 April 1861 and transferred her to the Navy
  • Entered the Washington Navy Yard, 22 April 1861 for fitting out for war service
  • ON 29 April LT. John Glendy Sproston was ordered to take command of Powhatan and proceed to Kettle Bottom Shoals to replace and protect buoys there which had been removed by Confederate agents
  • After patrol duty in the Potomac helping to protect the Nation's Capital during the early months of the Civil War, Powhatan steamed to Baltimore for repairs
  • Renamed King Philip, 4 November 1861
  • Throughout the Civil War King Philip was used as a dispatch vessel shuttling mail, supplies, and passengers between Washington and Union ships in the Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers
  • Sold at public auction to H. F. Harrill, 15 September 1865 for $9,750
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 500 t.
    Length 204'
    Beam 22'11"
    Depth of Hold 8'
    Draft unknown
    Speed unknown
    Complement 14
    Armament 1 gun
    Propulsion
    one steam engine
    one boiler
    two sidewheels
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