Rocket, built at Mystic, Connecticut, in 1862 as the wooden harbor tug J. P. Billard, was purchased for the Navy on 12 October 1863 from Copeland & Howe at New York City and renamed the same day.
Rocket, built at Mystic, Connecticut, in 1862 as the wooden harbor tug J. P. Billard, was purchased for the Navy on 12 October 1863 from Copeland & Howe at New York City and renamed the same day.
Rocket, built at Mystic, Connecticut, in 1862 as the wooden harbor tug J. P. Billard, was purchased for the Navy on 12 October 1863 from Copeland & Howe at New York City and renamed the same day.