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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive USS Sweet Brier
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Civil War Medal
Harbor Tug:
Built by unknown builder, Buffalo, NY
Completed as screw tug Dictator, 1863
Purchased by Navy at New York from McCready & Co. for $33,000, 22 September 1863
Commissioned USS Sweet Brier, 25 January 1864
Served in South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864 - 1865
Sold at public auction at New York by Burdett, Jones & Co. to D.T. Rowland for $8,100, 25 October 1865
Documented as merchant tug Conqueror (ON 4893), 28 December 1866
Final disposition, abandoned, 1900 Specifications:
Hull wood
Displacement 243 tons
Length 120' 0"
Beam 21' 3"
Draft 9' 6"
Speed 9 knots
Complement 37
Armament one heavy 12-pdr SB, one 20-pdr Parrott rifle
Propulsion one vertical direct-acting engine (30" x 30"), one screw Click On Image
For Full Size Image Size Image Description Source There are no images of USS Sweet Brier available at NavSource Commanding Officers
01 Acting Ensign J.D. Dexter 25 January 1864 - ???? USS Sweet Brier
DANFS history entry located at the Naval History and Heritage Command website Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
This page was created and is maintained by David L. Wright
Last Updated 25 July 2022
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