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Civil War Campaign Medal
Screw Tug:
  • Built in 1862 as the steamer Union at Philadelphia, PA.
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Purchased for the Navy by RADM. S.H. Stringham at Boston, MA., 2 June 1864, for $20,000
  • Placed in service as the steam tug Unit, date unknown
  • Unit was assigned to the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron as a tug and repair vessel in Hampton Roads, VA., for the duration of the Civil War >
  • Unit was placed out of service at New York Navy Yard, 5 June 1865
  • Sold at public auction at New York City, 12 July 1865, to C. and E. T. Peters for $6,750
  • Redocumented as a merchant steamer, 6 September 1865, Unit remained in the New York area for her mercantile service until 1902
  • She was re-sold to Solomon Thomas from at least 1883-1888
  • Final Disposition, abaondoned in 1902
    Specifications:
    Displacement 57 t.
    Length 60'9"
    Beam 14'5"
    Depth of Hold 6'3"
    Draft 8'
    Speed 7.5kts
    Complement unknown
    Armament unarmed
    Propulsion
    two high pressure steam engines
    boiler(s)
    twin screws

    (Additional Characteristics from 1894 Merchant Vessels of US: 34.88 gross tons, 17.44 net tons, 60' 9" x 14' 5" x 6' 3", 1869 MVUS gives tonnage as 29.35)
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