USS General Putnam

USS General Putnam

USS "General Putnam" is a name used more than once by the U.S. Navy:

*USS|General Putnam|1857, a Civil War tugboat and gunboat

*USS|General Putnam|SP-2284, a ferry boat acquired under charter by the Navy 6 February 1918


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