USS J.D. Putnam

The USS J.D. Putnam, sometimes called just the Putnam, ia a Danube Class|Runabout]] assigned to the USS Black Hawk. It was formerly the Shiloh, atatched to the USS ''Alacrity as shuttle number NCC-1881/04, and assignred to Commander Jeffery Higdon as a scientific research vessel. Later it was transfered to the USS Shiloh and renamed the Putnam.

The Putnam is namned after Private John D. Putnam, a soldier of the 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, who died during the Battle of Shiloh during the American Civil War.