sentences:  "Shawsheen"—a side wheel tug built at New York City in 1855—was purchased by the Union Navy at New York City as "Young America" on 21 September 1861.No record of her commissioning has been found, but Acting Lieutenant Edmund R. Colhoun was apparently the tug's first commanding officer.Originally assigned to the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, "Shawsheen" arrived in Hampton Roads early in November badly damaged and unable to proceed further south under her own power.