Fitted Out in Philadelphia in 1861
Rescue, built for the builders account in 1861 by Harlan and Hollingsworth, Wilmington, Delaware, was purchased for the Navy on 21 August 1861; fitted out at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and ordered to join the Potomac Flotilla.
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