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USS Blue Light

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal

Screw Tug:

Laid down in 1863 at Portsmouth (N.H.) Navy Yard

Launched, 27 February 1864

Fitted out to carry ammunition from magazines ashore to warships anchored off shore

Placed in service and assigned to Boston Navy Yard where she served until 1870

From 1871 to June 1873 Blue Light served as a yard tug at the Washington Navy Yard.

Commissioned, USS Blue Light, 27 June 1874, at Washington Navy Yard

Assigned to US Commissioner on Fish and Fisheries in Maine until September 1873

Decommissioned, 13 September 1873, Portsmouth, N.H.

Recommissioned, 12 June 1874, for service as a yard tug at New London, CT.

Decommissioned, 30 September 1875, and laid up in reserve

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Sold at Great Neck, N.Y., 27 September 1883

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 103 t.
Length unknown
Beam unknown
Depth of Hold unknown
Draft unknown
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament one gun
Propulsion steam, single propeller

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	30k	The steam tug USS Blue Light serving with the United States Fish Commission as USFC Blue Light, circa 1873-75. Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History web site. US Commission of Fish and Fisheries.		Robert Hurst

USS Blue Light
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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