Politkofsky (steam tug)
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This was a small Russian-built sidewheel gunboat
which patrolled the Alaskan Panhandle in the 1850s. When the Czar sold Russia to the U.S. in 1867, the steamer was included in the deal.
The paddler was then sold into civilian service as a tugboat.
It worked the North West coast, fondly remembered as the
tug "Polly", and went into Yukon river Gold Rush service
where she sank in the river in 1906.
Gunboat
A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.-History:...
which patrolled the Alaskan Panhandle in the 1850s. When the Czar sold Russia to the U.S. in 1867, the steamer was included in the deal.
The paddler was then sold into civilian service as a tugboat.
It worked the North West coast, fondly remembered as the
tug "Polly", and went into Yukon river Gold Rush service
where she sank in the river in 1906.