Tyler (Gunboat, 1861-1865)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sidewheel
• BOAT TYPE: Gunboat
• BUILT: 1857 at Cincinnati, Ohio
• FORMERLY: A.O. Tyler
• OWNERS: U.S. (1861); Captain David White (1865)
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 5481; Originally the packet A.O. Tyler, she was purchased by the U.S. in June 1861, rebuilt into a Civil War gunboat and renamed Tyler. At the end of the Civil War she was sold at Mound City, Illinois to Captain White for $6,000
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Underway. A line has been strung across the boat and laundry is hanging on it to dry