Constructed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1861
Patroon, a wooden screw steamer built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1859, was purchased by the Navy 28 October 1861 at Trenton, New Jersey, from R.T. Loper; and commissioned at New York Navy Yard 18 March 1862, acting Master Edward McKeige in command.
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