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'''Acacia'''—a screw, steam, schooner-rigged tug built at East Boston, Mass.—was launched as Vicksburg sometime in September 1863; purchased at Boston by the Navy from C. W. Wilder on 28 October 1863; and commissioned in the Boston Navy Yard on 8 December 1863, Acting Master John D. Childs in command.<ref>Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/a2-list.htm]</ref>
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