Question: USS O. M. Pettit (1857) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy as a tugboat to service Union Navy ships blockading ports of the Confederate States of America.Oliver M. Pettit a wooden side wheel steamer built in 1857 at Williamsburg New York was purchased by the Navy at New York City 17 August 1861 and commissioned at New York Navy Yard 4 October 1861 as O. M. Pettit Acting Master A. S. Gardner in command. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Mean Of Transportation