USS Snowdrop (1863)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Snowdrop.

USS Snowdrop, originally named Albert DeGroat and occasionally referred to as A. DeGroat was a screw tug built in 1863 at Buffalo, New York. Albert DeGroat was purchased by the United States Navy at New York City on 16 October 1863; renamed Snowdrop; and was fitted out at the New York Navy Yard.

History
United States
Name	USS Snowdrop
Laid down	1863
Acquired	by purchase, 16 October 1863
Fate	Broken up, 1884
General characteristics
Type	Tug
Displacement	125 long tons (127 t)
Length	91 ft (28 m)
Beam	17 ft 6 in (5.33 m)
Draft	8 ft (2.4 m)
Depth of hold	8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	14
Armament	2 × guns

After service at New York into the spring of 1864, Snowdrop was assigned to the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron and ordered to Hampton Roads on 2 May. She served in the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron through the last two years of the American Civil War and apparently operated exclusively in the Hampton Roads area. After peace was restored, she remained at the Norfolk Navy Yard through the reconstruction years. She was ordered to New York sometime in the second half of 1883 and was broken up at the New York Navy Yard in 1884.

See also

• Union Navy

References

 This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.