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Breaker

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Campaign Medal
Schooner:
  • Laid down, date and location unknown
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Breaker was employed by the Confederates as a pilot boat at Pass Cavallo off the Texas coast
  • 12 August 1862 USS Corypheus, under LT. J. Kittredge, USN, gave chase to Breaker which was returning from a reconnoitering expedition with a detachment of men under Capt. R. Jones.
  • Breaker was run ashore and fired by her crew, but Union forces succeeded in saving her for later use as a tender for USS Arthur along the Texas coast
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length unknown
    Beam unknown
    Depth of Hold unknown
    Draft unknown
    Speed unknown
    Complement 3
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion sail
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