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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=U.S.S. ''Pilgrim'' (1864)|hullno=None |prefix=U.S.S. |name=Pilgrim |cat=Tug |chain=NONE |type=steam tug |nat=US |order= |builder=[[Pusey, Jones & Company|Pusey, Jones & Co.]]{{SilverstoneCivilWar|p. 79}} |laid= |launch=1 November, 1864{{SilverstoneCivilWar|p. 79}} |purchased= |comp= |comm=2 March, 1865{{SilverstoneCivilWar|p. 79}} |decomm= |strick=1 January, 1889{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 3}} |fate=Sold |fatedate=25 April, 1891{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 3}} |fate2= |pend= |fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. Pilgrim''' was an iron-hulled screw tug completed in 1865 for the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] ==Construction== ''Pilgrim'' was one of eleven iron-hulled steam tugs ordered by the Navy Department to assist with the blockade of the Southern states. According to the ''New York Times'' of 12 September, 1864, "Strong and efficient tugs have long been needed by the blockading fleets, and it was found that the old wooden tugs that ply along our rivers were poor substitutes for the service."<ref>"Naval Movements". ''The New York Times''. Monday, 12 September, 1863. Vol. '''XIII'''. Issue '''4,046''', col. D, p. 8.</ref> The other ten tugs were the nine ''[[Fortune Class Tug (1865)|Fortune]]''s and ''Pilgrim'''s sister ''Maria'' (lost in collision with the monitor ''Miantonomoh'' in 1870). ''Pilgrim'' was built at Wilmington, Delaware by [[Pusey, Jones & Company|Pusey, Jones & Co.]] and launched on 1 November, 1864.{{SilverstoneCivilWar|p. 79}} ==Service== {{DANFS}} ''Pilgrim'' completed too late for service in the Civil War, and her career is sparsely documented other than logs covering slightly more than a year in 1870 and 1871. She seems to have spent the majority of her career as a yard tug at [[Philadelphia Navy Yard]], usually serving in a non-commissioned capacity.{{USOfficerReg1868|p. 160}}{{USOfficerReg1883|p. 168}} At some point between 1868 and 1870, ''Pilgrim'' was reassigned to duty as a tender to the North Atlantic Fleet.{{USOfficerReg1870|p. 155}} She commissioned at Key West on 4 May, 1870 and operated primarily in the Florida Keys until steaming to New Orleans in the spring of 1871. In July she returned to [[Philadelphia Navy Yard|Philadelphia]] where she decommissioned 29 July, 1871. Upon decommissioning she probably resumed service as a yard tug.{{USOfficerReg1883|p. 168}} ''Pilgrim'' was stricken from the Naval Register 1 January, 1889, appraised at $500, and sold at Philadelphia on 25 March, 1891.{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 3}} ==Captains== Dates of appointment are provided when known. <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of U.S.S. ''Pilgrim''">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of {{US-1Pilgrim|f=p}}}} {{Tenure|rank=Acting {{EnsUS}}|name=John Daley|nick=John Daley|appt=before 1 January, 1868{{USOfficerReg1868|p. 117}}}} {{Tenure|rank={{LieutUS}}|name=William Bogert Newman|nick=William B. Newman|appt=20 April, 1870{{USOfficerReg1870-2|p. 16}}|end=29 July, 1871{{HamerslyRecords3|p. 222}}}} {{TenureListEnd}} </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> ==Armament== ===1870=== {{USOfficerReg1870|p. 155}} * Two howitzers ==See Also== {{refbegin}} {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Pilgrim_(1864a)}} {{refend}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} * {{SilverstoneCivilWar}} * {{SilverstoneNewNavy}} {{refend}} {{Footer U.S.S. Pilgrim (1864)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:P}} {{CatClassTug|US}} {{CatShipTug|US}} <!-- data nat=US cat=Tug type=steam tug prefix=U.S.S. chain=NONE sortdate=1865 {ship name=Pilgrim hullno=None order= builder=[[Pusey, Jones & Company]]{{SilverstoneCivilWar|p. 79}} laid= launch=1 November, 1864{{SilverstoneCivilWar|p. 79}} comm=2 March, 1865{{SilverstoneCivilWar|p. 79}} decomm= strick=1 January, 1889{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 3}} fatedate=25 April, 1891{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 3}} fate=Sold fate2= } data -->

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