Built in Brooklyn, New York, in 1852
Underwriter -- a side-wheel steamer built in 1852 at Brooklyn, New York -- was purchased by the Navy at New York City on 23 August 1861; and commissioned there on 22 August, Lt. James M. Prichett in command.
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