Constructed in Philadelphia As A Steamer in 1855
Victoria -- a wooden steamer built at Kensington, Pennsylvania, in 1855 -- was purchased by the Union Navy at New York City on 26 December 1861 for blockade duty during the Civil War; and was commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 13 March 1862, Lt. Comdr. George A. Stevens in command.
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