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searchaux" style="display:none">Tugboat of the United States Navy</div> <table class="infobox" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USS_O._M._Pettit.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="USS O. M. Pettit"><img alt="USS O. M. Pettit" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/USS_O._M._Pettit.jpg/300px-USS_O._M._Pettit.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="201" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/USS_O._M._Pettit.jpg/450px-USS_O._M._Pettit.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/USS_O._M._Pettit.jpg/600px-USS_O._M._Pettit.jpg 2x" data-file-width="942" data-file-height="630" /></a></span><div>USS <i>O. M. Pettit</i>, ca. 1860s, location unknown</div> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">History</th></tr> <tr><th height="30" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B0C4DE;text-align:left;padding-left:2px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Naval_jack_of_the_United_States_(1865%E2%80%931867).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Union Navy Jack"><img alt="Union Navy Jack" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Naval_jack_of_the_United_States_%281865%E2%80%931867%29.svg/40px-Naval_jack_of_the_United_States_%281865%E2%80%931867%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Naval_jack_of_the_United_States_%281865%E2%80%931867%29.svg/59px-Naval_jack_of_the_United_States_%281865%E2%80%931867%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Naval_jack_of_the_United_States_%281865%E2%80%931867%29.svg/79px-Naval_jack_of_the_United_States_%281865%E2%80%931867%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1482" data-file-height="1050" /></a></span> <span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281861-1863%29.svg/54px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281861-1863%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="54" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281861-1863%29.svg/80px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281861-1863%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281861-1863%29.svg/107px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281861-1863%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span><span style="padding-left:1em">United States</span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td>USS <i>O. M. Pettit</i></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>1857</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Acquired</td><td>17 August 1861</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>4 October 1861</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Decommissioned</td><td>1865</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Sold 2 September 1865</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Abandoned by commercial owners 1879</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Tugboat" title="Tugboat">tug</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td>165 tons</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>106 ft (32 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>28 ft 4 in (8.64 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draft</td><td>6 ft (1.8 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Depth of hold</td><td>7 ft (2.1 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td><a href="/wiki/Steam_engine" title="Steam engine">Steam engine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paddle_steamer" title="Paddle steamer">sidewheel</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>8 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 × 30-pounder gun</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 × 20-pounder <a href="/wiki/Parrott_rifle" title="Parrott rifle">Parrott rifle</a></li> </ul></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>USS <i>O. M. Pettit</i></b> was a <a href="/wiki/Steamboat" title="Steamboat">steamer</a> acquired by the <a href="/wiki/Union_Navy" title="Union Navy">Union Navy</a> during the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>. She was used by the Navy as a <a href="/wiki/Tugboat" title="Tugboat">tugboat</a> to service Union Navy ships blockading ports of the <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate States of America</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Service_history">Service history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_O._M._Pettit&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Service history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Oliver M. Pettit</i> was a wooden sidewheel <a href="/wiki/Paddle_steamer" title="Paddle steamer">paddle steamer</a> built in 1857 at <a href="/wiki/Williamsburg,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Williamsburg, New York">Williamsburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>. The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> purchased her at <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> on 17 August 1861 and <a href="/wiki/Ship_commissioning" title="Ship commissioning">commissioned</a> her at the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Navy_Yard" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Navy Yard">New York Navy Yard</a> in <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Brooklyn, New York">Brooklyn</a>, New York, on 4 October 1861, as USS <i>O. M. Pettit</i>. </p><p>After serving as a <a href="/wiki/Tugboat" title="Tugboat">tug</a> at the New York Navy Yard, the <i>O. M. Petit</i> joined the <a href="/wiki/South_Atlantic_Blockading_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="South Atlantic Blockading Squadron">South Atlantic Blockading Squadron</a> early in 1862 for service in the <a href="/wiki/Union_blockade" title="Union blockade">Union blockade</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate States of America</a>. She performed similar services at <a href="/wiki/Port_Royal,_South_Carolina" title="Port Royal, South Carolina">Port Royal</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a>. </p><p>On 24 April 1865, as the American Civil War came to a close, <i>O. M. Petit</i> sank in the <a href="/wiki/Savannah_River" title="Savannah River">Savannah River</a> near <a href="/wiki/Hammond,_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Hammond, Georgia">Hammond</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a>. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the American Civil War, <i>O. M. Pettit</i> was sold at <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bay_Point,_South_Carolina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bay Point, South Carolina (page does not exist)">Bay Point</a> in <a href="/wiki/Charleston_Harbor" title="Charleston Harbor">Charleston Harbor</a>, South Carolina, on 2 September 1865 to J. W. Walcott. 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May:</span> <a href="/wiki/Race_Horse" title="Race Horse"><i>Race Horse</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 8 Jun:</span> <a href="/wiki/PS_Anglia" title="PS Anglia"><i>Admiral Du Pont</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 8 Jun:</span> <a href="/wiki/Brazilian_corvette_Jequitinhonha" title="Brazilian corvette Jequitinhonha"><i>Jequitinhonha</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">28 Jun:</span> <a href="/wiki/Brunswick_(1827_ship)" title="Brunswick (1827 ship)"><i>Brunswick</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> Jun:</span> <a href="/wiki/USS_Bloomer" title="USS Bloomer">USS <i>Bloomer</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 4 Jul:</span> <a href="/wiki/Agnes_(cutter)" title="Agnes (cutter)"><i>Agnes</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">30 Jul:</span> <a href="/wiki/Brother_Jonathan_(steamer)" title="Brother Jonathan (steamer)"><i>Brother Jonathan</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 4 Aug:</span> <a href="/wiki/Russian_monitor_Smerch" title="Russian monitor Smerch"><i>Smerch</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 9 Aug:</span> <a href="/wiki/SS_Pewabic" title="SS Pewabic"><i>Pewabic</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">18 Aug:</span> <a href="/wiki/HCS_Hugh_Lindsay_(1829)" title="HCS Hugh Lindsay (1829)"><i>Hugh Lindsay</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; 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width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">13 Jul:</span> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Eclipse_(1860)" title="HMS Eclipse (1860)">HMS <i>Eclipse</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 9 Aug:</span> <a href="/wiki/PS_Ipswich_(1864)" title="PS Ipswich (1864)"><i>Ipswich</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">10 Oct:</span> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Sepoy_(1856)" title="HMS Sepoy (1856)">HMS <i>Sepoy</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">10 Nov:</span> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Bristol_(1861)" title="HMS Bristol (1861)">HMS <i>Bristol</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 1 Dec:</span> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Research_(1863)" title="HMS Research (1863)">HMS <i>Research</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; 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