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USS Dick Fulton
ex
 US Army Ram Auxiliary Dick Fulton (1862-1864)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal
Sternwheel Steamer:
  • Dick Fulton was built in 1857 in Allegheny County, PA.
  • Purchased by the War Department, 18 May 1862
  • Assigned to to the Col. Charles Ellet, Jr. USA, Western Flotilla on the Mississippi River as an Auxiliary
  • Dick Fulton served the Ram Fleet and its successor, the Marine Brigade, as a tug until the latter was dissolved on 24 August 1864.
  • Taken into the Navy in August 1864.
  • Following the Civil War Dick Fulton was sold into merchant service, 3 January 1866 and redocumented as Baltic
  • Final Disposition, exploded and lost at New Orleans with loss of four lives, 20 February 1866
    Specifications:
    Displacement 123 t.
    Length unknown
    Beam unknown
    Depth of Hold unknown
    Draft unknown
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament
    two 12-pdr rifles
    Propulsion steam
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    Dick Fulton
    098693102    		 122k Dick Fulton underneath the original Point Bridge at Pittsburgh, PA. in 1900 with coal barges.
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    098693103    		 46k Dick Fulton underway with a tow, date and location unknown
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    USS Dick Fulton
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