USS Sallie Wood
Tugboat of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USS Sallie Wood was a 256-ton steamer captured by the Union Navy during the early years of the American Civil War.
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Launched | 1860 |
In service | 8 February 1862 |
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Fate | Sunk, 21 July 1862 |
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Displacement | 256 tons |
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She assigned by the Union Navy during the blockade of ports and waterways of the Confederate States of America to a number of duties: as a tugboat, a dispatch boat, a troopship, and as an ammunition ship, mostly on the Mississippi River and its tributaries.