Name USS O. M. Pettit Laid down date unknown Commissioned 4 October 1861 Launched 1857 Weight 167.6 tons | Ordered as Oliver M. Pettit Acquired 17 August 1861 Decommissioned 1865 Length 32 m Displacement 149,700 kg | |
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USS O. M. Pettit (1857) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy as a tugboat to service Union Navy ships blockading ports of the Confederate States of America.
Contents
- Assigned to serve with the South Atlantic Blockade
- Post war decommissioning sale and civilian career
- References
Oliver M. Pettit, a wooden side wheel steamer built in 1857 at Williamsburg, New York, was purchased by the Navy at New York City 17 August 1861, and commissioned at New York Navy Yard 4 October 1861, as O. M. Pettit, Acting Master A. S. Gardner in command.
Assigned to serve with the South Atlantic Blockade
After serving as a tug at the New York Navy Yard, the side-wheeler joined the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron early in 1862, and performed similar services at Port Royal, South Carolina.
Post-war decommissioning, sale and civilian career
After the Civil War, O. M. Pettit was sold at Bay Point, South Carolina, 2 September 1865 to J. W. Walcott, and was abandoned in 1879.