 Politkofsky | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Russia | |
| Name | IRNPolitkofsky |
| Launched | 1850s |
| Reclassified | Gunboat |
| Stricken | 1867 |
| Fate | Sold with Russian Alaska in 1867 |
| History | |
 United States | |
| Name | Polly |
| Acquired | by being sold |
| Reclassified | steamboat tugboat |
| Fate | Lost on Yukon River 1906 |
Politkofsky was a small Russian-builtImperial Russian Navysidewheelgunboat that patrolled theAlaskan Panhandle in the 1860s.
Politkofsky was built ofyellow cedar inRussian America at New Archangel (nowSitka,Alaska), in the 1850s and was 120 feet (37 m) in length and of 152 tonsdisplacement. She had early copperboilers and acrossheadsteam engine taken from the Imperial Russian Navy shipImperator Nikolai I. WhenTsarAlexander II of Russia sold Russian Alaska to the United States in 1867,Politkofsky was included in the deal. The gunboat was then sold into civilian service as atugboat.
As the tugPolly, the ship worked along the northwest coast ofNorth America. During theKlondike Gold Rush of the late 1890s, she operated on theYukon River, where she sank in 1906.
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