A New Jersey Tugboat, Commissioned in 1863
Alfred A. Wotkyns – a screw tug built in 1863 at New Brunswick, New Jersey, by Lewis Hoagland—was purchased at New York City by the Navy on 9 December 1863; renamed Althea soon thereafter; and fitted out for naval service by Secor and Co., of Jersey City, New Jersey.
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