| Designation | Name | Rig | Service | Comments | Pictures |
| USRC | Massachusettes | Schooner | 1791 - 1792 | Traditionally considered the first Revenue Cutter Built at Newburyport and served in Boston - launched 15 July 1791 Proved to costly to operate and too slow to carry out her duties Replaced in 1793 by the second RC Massachusettes |
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| USRC | Vigilant | Schooner | 1791 - 1798 | First Revenue Cutter actually in the water - March 1791 Built and served in New York First patrol was not until December 1791 |
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| USRC | Active | Topsail Schooner | 1791 - 1800 | First Revenue Cutter actually on patrol - 9 April 1791 Built and served in Baltimore |
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| USRC | General Green | Schooner | 1791 - 1797 | Built and served in Philadelphia - first patrol 7 July 1791 The cutter was named for Rev War hero General Nathaniel Greene but Hamilton misspelled the name |
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| USRC | Scammel | Schooner | 1791 - 1798 | Built and served in New England - 24 August 1791 Named for the Rev War Adjutant General of the Army Alexander Scammell but Hamilton misspelled the name - again Commanded by Hopley Yeaton - the first commissioned officer of the RCS |
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| USRC | Argus | Sloop | 1791 - 1804 | Built in New London - served in CT and RI - first patrol 16 October 1791 | |
| USRC | Virginia | Schooner | 1791 - 1798 | Built and served in Virginia - little other documentation exists Was preceded in her dutoes by 2 state revenue cutters, Liberty and Patriot |
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| USRC | Diligence | Schooner | 1792 - 1798 | Built in Washington, NC and served in New Bern - first patrol summer 1792 | |
| USRC | South Carolina | Schooner | 1793 - 1798 | Built and served in South Carolina South Carolina did not wish to support the national custom laws and so delayed construction of the cutter until 1793 It is likely that the customs officer chartered a vessel until the cutter was built |
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| USRC | Eagle | Schooner | 1793 - 1799 | Built and served in Savannah |
| Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
| USRC | Diligence | 1797 - 1802 | One of 7 cutters built for the Quasi War with France | |
| USRC | Governor Jay | 1798 - 1799 | One of 7 cutters built for the Quasi War with France |
| Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
| USRC | Eagle | 1798 - 1801 | One of 7 cutters built for the Quasi War with France | |
| USRC | Pickering | 1798 - 1800 | One of 7 cutters built fo the Quasi War with France Disappeared at sea |
| Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
| USRC | Search | 1815 - 1820 | ||
| USRC | Detector | 1815 - 1825 |
| Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
| USRC | Surprise | 1815 - 1817 | ||
| USRC | Dallas | 1816 - 1821 |
| Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
| USRC | Alabama | 1819 - 1833 | ||
| USRC | Louisianna | 1819 - 1824 | Wiki |
| Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
| USRC | Marion (later Madison) | 1825 - 1833 | ||
| USRC | Pulaski | 1825 - 1833 | ||
| USRC | Madison (former Marion) | 1833 - 1850 |
| Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
| USRC | Crawford | 1830 - 1835 | ||
| USRC | Gallatin | 1830 - 1849 | ||
| USRC | Alexander Hamilton | 1830 - 1853 | ||
| USRC | Dexter | 1830 - 1941 | ||
| USRC | Rush (aka Richard Rush) | 1831 - 1840 | ||
| USRC | Morris | 1831 - 1846 | Wik | |
| USRC | Wolcott | 1831 - 1851 | ||
| USRC | Ingham | 1832 - 1836 | ||
| USRC | Washington | 1832 - 1837 | ||
| USRC | McLane (aka Louis McLane) | 1832 - 1840 | ||
| USRC | Jackson | 1832 - 1865 | ||
| USRC | Jefferson (later Crawford) | 1833 - 1839 | ||
| USRC | Taney (aka Roger B. Taney) | 1834 - 1858 | ||
| USRC | Crawford (former Jefferson) | 1839 - 1847 |
| Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
| USRC | Legare | 1844 - 1847 | One of the first steam cutters - Failure | |
| USRC | Jefferson | 1845 - 1849 | One of the first steam cutters - Failure |
| Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
| USRC | Spencer | 1844 - 1848 | One of the first steam cutters - Failure | |
| USRC | George M. Bibb | 1845 - 1847 | One of the first steam cutters - Failure | |
| USRC | McLane | 1845 - 1847 | One of the first steam cutters - Failure | |
| USRC | Dallas | 1846 - 1848 | One of the first steam cutters - Failure |
| Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
| USRC | Polk | 1845 - 1847 | One of the first steam cutters - Failure Rebuilt as a barkentine |
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| USRC | Walker (aka Robert J. Walker) | 1847 - 1848 | One of the first steam cutters - Failure |
| Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
| USRC | Morris | 1847 - 1868 | ||
| USRC | Campbell (later Joe Lane) | 1849 - 1855 | ||
| USRC | Crawford | 1849 - 1869 | ||
| USRC | Duane (aka William J. Duane) | 1850 - 1861 | ||
| USRC | Joe Lane (former Campbell) | 1855 - 1869 |
| Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
| USRC | Harrison | 1849 - 1856 | Designed for the Lakes | |
| USRC | Ingham | 1849 - 1856 | Designed for the Lakes |
| Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
| USRC | Cushing (aka Caleb Cushing) | 1853 - 1863 | Captured by the Confederacy | |
| USRC | Campbell (aka James Campbell) | 1853 - 1879 | ||
| USRC | Davis (aka Jefferson Davis) | 1853 - 1862 | ||
| USRC | Dobbin (aka James C. Dobbin) | 1853 - 1876 | First Training ship in 1876 | CGH |
| USRC | Marcy (aka William A. Marcy) | 1853 - 1862 | ||
| USRC | McClelland (aka Robert McClelland) | 1853 - 1861 |
| Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
| USRC | Cobb (aka Howell Cobb) | 1857 - 1861 | Lost in a storm | |
| USRC | Black (aka Jeremiah S. Black) | 1857 - 1861 | ||
| USRC | Brown (aka Aaron V. Brown) | 1857 - 1864 | ||
| USRC | Floyd (aka John B. Floyd) | 1857 - 1864 | ||
| USRC | Thompson (aka Jacob Thompson) | 1857 - 1870 | ||
| USRC | Toucey (aka Isaac Toucey) | 1857 - 1869 |
| Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
| USRC | Hercules | 1861 - 1864 | ||
| USRC | Reliance | 1861 - 1865 | ||
| USRC | Tiger | 1861 - 1865 |
| Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
| USRC | Pawtuxet | 1863 - 1867 | ||
| USRC | Kewanee | 1863 - 1867 | To Japan | |
| USRC | Wayanda | 1863 - 1873 | ||
| USRC | Ashuelot | 1863 - 1897 | To Japan | |
| USRC | Levi Woodbury (former Mahoning) | 1873 - 1915 | Longest serving Revenue Cutter | Wik |
| USRC | Kankakee | 1864 - 1867 | To Japan | |
| USRC | Mahoning (late Levi Woodbury) | 1863 - 1873 |
| Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
| USRC | Chase (aka Salmon P. Chase) | 1865 - 1875 | ||
| USRC | Johnson (aka Andrew Johnson) | 1865 - 1897 | ||
| USRC | McCulloch (aka Hugh McCulloch) | 1865 - 1875 | ||
| USRC | Sherman (aka John Sherman) | 1866 - 1872 | ||
| USRC | Fessenden (aka William P. Fessenden) | 1869 - 1907 |
| Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
| USRC | Active | 1867 - 1875 | ||
| USRC | Resolute | 1867 - 1872 |
| Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
| USRC | Reliance | 1867 - 1874 | One of the last all-sail cutters acquired | |
| USRC | Vigilant | 1867 - 1870 | One of the last all-sail cutters acquired |
| Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
| USRC | Relief | 1867 - 1870 | One of the last all-sail cutters acquired | |
| USRC | Rescue | 1867 - 1874 | One of the last all-sail cutters acquired |
| Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
| USRC | Search | 1869 - 1896 | ||
| USRC | Discover | 1869 - 1896 |
| Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
| USRC | Gresham | 1897 - 1944 |
Gresham had been sold for scrap in 1935 Reacquired in 1943 due to wartime needs Assigned to EASTSEAFRON Decommsissioned permanently on 7 April 1944 |
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| USRC | Onondaga | 1898 - 1923 | CGH | |
| USRC | Algonquin | 1898 - 1930 | CGH | |
| USRC | Manning | 1898 - 1930 | CGH | |
| USRC | Mohawk | 1904 - 1917 | Sunk in collision with SS Vennacher | CGH |
| Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
| USRC |
Miami later Tampa) |
1912 - 1916 |
CGH NS |
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| USRC |
Tampa former Miami) |
1916 - 1918 |
Sunk by German u-boat in WWI Cited by RADM Niblack, Commander US Naval Forces Gibralter, for outstanding service CO, CAPT Charles Satterlee, had 2 Navy destroyers named for him Commemorated in Semper Paratus |
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| USRC | Unalga | 1912 - 1945 |
Unalga survived WWI and had a long Coast Guard career Assigned to the Caribbean Theater in WWII Fought through WWII doing ASW patrols Finally decommissioned in 1945 |
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| Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
| USRC | Winnisimmet | 1903 - 1945 | CGH | |
| USRC | Wissahickon | 1904 - 1935 |
| Designation | Name | Class | Service | Comments | Pictures |
| USRC | Dobbin | Cushing 91 | 1876 - 1881 | Stationed in Savannah at the start of the Civil War The only Revenue Cutter to escape to the North 23 years as a patrol cutter 1876: became the first Academy training cutter in New Bedford 1878: Replaced at the Academy by Chase and returned to patrol duty |
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| USRC | Chase (aka Salmon P. Chase) |
Misc RC 115/145 | 1878 - 1907 | Designed specifically to replace Dobbin as the Academy training cutter Patrol cutter from 1890 to 1894 when Naval Academy provided USRC officers The 1895 expansion of the navy brought that agreement to an end Sudden need fo RC officers Chase cut in half and lengthened by 40' to accomodate more cadets 1907: Decommissioned, turned over to Marine-Hospital Service as a quarantine ship |
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| USRC/USCGC | Oriole (ex USS Dale) |
USS Dale Class | 1906 - 1921 | Commissioned into the Navy in 1869 as the sloop of war Dale Transferred to the RCS in 1906 as a barracks ship for the Academy |
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| USRC/USCGC | Itasca (Ex USS Bancroft) |
187 USS Bancroft Class | 1907 - 1922 | Commissioned in the Navy in 1893 as a training ship Transferred to RCS as Itasca to replace the aging Chase Third Academy training cutter Academy and cutter moved to New London in 1910 USRC became USCG in 1915 By 1922 to cramped to be effective |
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| Designation | Name | Rig | Service | Comments | Pictures |
| USRC | Massachusettes | Sloop | 1793 - 1804 | When the original Massachusettes proved to costly and slow a replacement was immediately ordered Massachusettes became the 11th Revenue Cutter |
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| USRC | General Greene | Sloop | 1797 - 1802 | ||
| USRC | Governor Gillman 72' | Schooner | 1798 - 1801 | One of 7 cutters built for the Quasi War with France | |
| USRC | Maria | Schooner | 1798 - 1800 | ||
| USRC | Pinckney 62' | Brigantine | 1798 - 1800 | ||
| USRC | Scammel 58' | Brig | 1798 - 1801 | ||
| USRC | South Carolina 58' | Topsail Schooner | 1798 - 1803 | One of 7 cutters built for the Quasi War with France | |
| USRC | Unanimity | Chartered brig | 1798 - 1798 | ||
| USRC | Woodbury (aka Levi Woodbury) |
Schooner | 1798 - 1851 | ||
| USRC | Bee | Sloop | 1799 - 1801 | Captured from France in Quasi War | |
| USRC | Patriot | Unknown | 1800 - 1805 | ||
| USRC | Massachusettes 58' | Topsail Schooner | 1801 - 1814 | ||
| USRC | St. Marys | Lateen Galley | 1801 - Unk | ||
| USRC | Collector | Sloop | 1802 - 1806 | ||
| USRC | General Greene | Sloop | 1802 - 1808 | ||
| USRC | Governor Williams 52' | Lateen Galley | 1802 - 1806 | Lost at sea | |
| USRC | Jefferson | Schooner | 1802 - 1817 | ||
| USRC | New Hampshire | Unknown | 1802 - 1816 | ||
| USRC | Vigilant | Unknown | 1802 - 1807 | ||
| USRC | Virginia | Lateen Galley | 1802 - 1807 | ||
| USRC | Diligence | Unknown | 1803 - 1806 | Lost in hurricane | |
| USRC | Argus | Unknown | 1804 - 1809 | ||
| USRC | Louisianna 70' | Schooner | 1804 - 1812 | ||
| USRC | Dolly | Brig | 1805 - 1807 | Most heavily armed RC (14 6 pounders) But too large for revenue work |
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| USRC | Hornet (ex USS Hornet) |
Unknown | 1805 - 1806 | ||
| USRC | Gallatin | Unknown | 1807 - 1813 | Destroyed in a magazine explosion First "documented" casualties of the RCS |
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| USRC | James Madison | Schooner | 1807 - 1812 | Captured by the British | |
| USRC | Madison (aka James Madison) |
Schooner | 1807 - 1812 | Captured by the British | |
| USRC | Mercury | Topsail Schooner | 1807 - 1820 | ||
| USRC | Surveyor | Unknown | 1807 - 1813 | Commanded by CAPT Samuel Travis with a crew of 15 Attacked by 50 man party from LT John Crerie's HMS Narcissus Captured by British after a fierce fight Crerie returned Travis's sword in honor of the fight the crew put up Commemorated in Semper Paratus Commemorated in Semper Paratus |
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| USRC | Virginia | Schooner | 1807 - Unk | ||
| USRC | Hazard | Unknown | 1808 - 1808 | ||
| USRC | Sally | Chartered | 1808 - 1808 | ||
| USRC | Thorn | Chartered | 1808 - 1808 | ||
| USRC | Union | Chartered | 1808 - 1808 | ||
| USRC | Argus | Unknown | 1809 - 1812 | ||
| USRC | Eagle | Topsail Schooner | 1809 - 1814 | Commanded by CAPT Fredrick Lee Escorted merchantmen around New York Attacked by 18 gun brig HMS Dispatch in 1814 Ran aground trying to escape Crew hauled cannons to top of a 160' cliff and took Dispatch under fire When all ammunition was expended the crew withdrew to safety British siezed the grounded cutter whose ultimate fate is unknown Commemorated in Semper Paratus |
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| USRC | Poly | Chartered topsail schooner | 1809 - 1809 | ||
| USRC | Potomack | Chartered | 1809 - 1809 | ||
| USRC | William and John | Chartered schooner | 1809 - 1809 | ||
| USRC | Independence | Chartered? | 1810 - 1810 | ||
| USRC | Express | Chartered Sloop | 1809 - 1809 | ||
| USRC | Pilgrim | Chartered | 1811 - 1811 | ||
| USRC | Active | Chartered | 1812 - 1817 | ||
| USRC | Hardwicke | Chartered | 1809 - 1809 | Chartered for only 12 days | |
| USRC | Commodore Barry | Schooner | 1812 - 1812 | Captured by the British | |
| USRC | George | Chartered Sloop | 1812 - 1812 | ||
| USRC | Vigilant 60' | Schooner | 1812 - 1842 | ||
| USRC | Lynx | Chartered | 1814 - 1819 | ||
| USRC | Gallatin | Unknown | 1815 - 1824 | ||
| USRC | Active | Unknown | 1816 - 1825 | ||
| USRC | Eagle | Schooner | 1816 - 1829 | ||
| USRC | South Carolina | Unknown | 1816 - Unk | ||
| USRC | Monroe | Unknown | 1817 - 1825 | ||
| USRC | Alert 58' | Schooner | 1818 - 1829 | ||
| USRC | Hornet | Schooner | 1818 - 1826 | ||
| USRC | Lookout | Unknown | 1819 - 1825 | ||
| USRC | Portsmouth 60' | Schooner | 1820 - 1829 | ||
| USRC | Search | Schooner | 1820 - 1830 | ||
| USRC | Crawford | Unknown | 1821 - 1829 | Lost at sea | |
| USRC | Florida 63' | Topsail Schooner | 1822 - 1831 | ||
| USRC | Vigilant (later Dallas) |
Schooner | 1824 - 1836 | ||
| USRC | Detector 52' | Schooner | 1825 - 1832 | ||
| USRC | Louisianna | Unknown | 1825 - 1830 | ||
| USRC | Swiftsure (later Crawford) |
Unknown | 1825 - 1835 | ||
| USRC | Wasp 52' | Schooner | 1825 - 1831 | ||
| USRC | Rush (aka Benjamin Rush) |
Unknown | 1828 - 1833 | ||
| USRC | Alert 74' | Schooner | 1829 - 1853 | ||
| USRC | Engineer | Unknown | 1829 - 1830 | ||
| USRC | Argus 39' | Unknown | 1830 - 1834 | She was decked and had a pink stern | |
| USRC | Campbell | Sloop | 1830 - 1834 | ||
| USRC | Sam Patch | Chartered | 1830 - 1830 | Lost | |
| USRC | Teazer 37' | Unknown | 1830 - Unk | ||
| USRC | Veto 49' | Topsail Schooner | 1832 - 1850 | ||
| USRC | Benjamin Rush | Unknown | 1833 - 1833 | ||
| USRC | Erie | Schooner | 1833 - 1849 | ||
| USRC | Campbell | Unknown | 1834 - 1839 | ||
| USRC | Stoddert | Unknown | 1834 - Unk | ||
| USRC | Crawford (former Swiftsure) |
Unknown | 1835 - 1839 | ||
| USRC | Nautilus 76' | Unknown | 1838 - 1859 | ||
| USRC | Washington 91' | Schooner rerigged to brig | 1938 - 1840 | ||
| USRC | Jefferson 84' | Brigantine | 1839 - 1843 | ||
| USRC | Van Buren | Unknown | 1839 - 1847 | ||
| USRC | Duane (aka William J. Duane) |
Unknown | 1841 - 1844 | ||
| USRC | Ewing 91 (aka Thomas Ewing) |
Schooner | 1841 - 1852 | ||
| USRC | Forward 89' (aka Walter Forward) |
Topsail Schooner | 1842 - 1865 | ||
| USRC | Active | Unknown | 1843 - 1847 | ||
| USRC | Ingham | Unknown | 1843 - 1848 | ||
| USRC | Vigilant 56' | Unknown | 1843 - 1844 | Lost in hurricane | |
| USRC | Independence 42' | Unknown | 1848 - 1848 | ||
| USRC | Argus | Unknown | 1850 - 1853 | ||
| USRC | Frolic | Chartered | 1851 - 1853 | ||
| USRC | Sea Drift | Unknown | 1853 - 1857 | ||
| USRC | Aiken (aka William Aiken) |
Schooner | 1855 - 1860 | Captured by CSA | |
| USRC | Dodge 80' (aka Henry Dodge) |
Schooner | 1855 - 1862 | ||
| USLHT | Buchanan | Schooner | 1856 - 1860 | Captured by the Confederacy | |
| USRC | Phillip Allen 80' (later CSS Lewis Cass) |
Topsail Schooner | 1856 - 1860 | Turned ove to CSA | |
| USRC | Harriet Lane | Sidewheeler | 1857 - 1861 | First successful steam cutter At Fort Sumpter, fired across the bow of merchantman Nashville First naval shot of Civil War Operated against Fort Clark and For Hatteras Supported actions against Vicksburg and at Mobile Bay Participated in capture of Galveston in October 1862 Captured when CSA retook Galveston in January 1863 Finished the war as a blockade runner named Livinia Returned to Federal service after the war Sold as unservicable in 1864 Became merchantman Elliott Richie Lost in a storm in 1887 |
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| USRC | Appleton | Schooner | 1858 - 1861 | To the Navy | |
| USRC | Agassiz 58' | Schooner | 1861 - 1865 | ||
| USRC | Arago | Unknown | 1861 - 1863 | Borrowed from Coast Survey for temporary duty | |
| USRC | Bibb 160' | Barkentine (3 masted) | 1861 - 1861 | Rebuilt from horizontal screw failure | |
| USRC | Corwin 125' (aka Thomas Corwin) |
Sidewheeler | 1861 - 1861 | ||
| USRC | Henrietta | Schooner | 1861 - 1862 | James Gordon Bennet's personal yacht He commanded her while in USRCS service Later belonged to New York Yacht Club Won Great Ocean Transatlantic Race in 1866 |
CGH |
| USRC | Hope 85' | Chartered Schooner | 1861 - 1861 | ||
| USRC | Sumner | Chartered | 1861 - 1861 | ||
| USRC | Varina | Unknown | 1861 - 1870 | Obtained from Coast Survey Returned to Coast Survey Later sank |
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| USRC | Vixen 118' | Sidewheeler | 1861 - 1861 | Siezed from Mexico - Turned over to the Navy | |
| USRC | Cruiser | Chartered | 1862 - 1862 | ||
| USRC | Flora 162' (later Nemaha) |
Sidewheeler | 1862 - 1864 | ||
| USRC | Joe Miller | Chartered | 1862 - 1862 | Chartered - short term | |
| USRC | Miami 115' | Steam schooner | 1862 - 1871 | ||
| USRC | Naugatuck 101' (aka EA Stevens, Ironside) |
Steamship | 1862 - 1870 | Built in 1844 by H. R. Durham Acquired by Edwin Stevens Stevens intended to develop a semi-sumersible ironclad It would present a difficult target in the submerged state Converted Naugatuck into a prototype "Stevens Battery" Turned over to the RCS for trials Used by the Navy in the Civil War to some success But not enough to fund further development Served the RCS until 1870 Ultimate fate unknown |
CGH |
| USRC | Winants (aka G. L. Winants) |
Steamship | 1862 - 1863 | ||
| USRC | Bronx 119' | Steam harbor vessel | 1863 - 1873 | Sank | |
| USRC | Cuyahoga 139' | Three masted schooner | 1863 - 1867 | To Japan | |
| USRC | Antietiam | Topsail Schooner | 1864 - 1870 | ||
| USRC | Hector | Chartered | 1864 - 1864 | Chartered for 30 days | |
| USRC | Nemaha 162' (former Flora) |
Sidewheeler | 1864 - 1868 | ||
| USRC | Northerner 135' (later Ewing) |
Sidewheeler | 1864 - 1872 | ||
| USRC | Seward 137' (aka George Seward) |
Unknown | 1864 - 1901 | ||
| USRC | Wilderness 137' (later Dix (aka John A. Dix)) |
Sidewheeler | 1864 - 1873 | ||
| USRC | Winslow | Chartered steam tug | 1864 - 1864 | ||
| USRC | Commodore Perry 166' | Sidewheeler | 1865 - 1883 | ||
| USRC | Delaware 153' (later Louis McLane) |
Sidewheeler | 1865 - 1873 | ||
| USRC | Lincoln 165' | Steam schooner | 1865 - 1874 | ||
| USRC | Moccasin (ex USS Hero) (later George M. Bibb) |
Steam tug | 1865 - 1881 | ||
| USRC | Nansemond 146' (later Crawford) |
Sidewheeler | 1865 - 1873 | ||
| USRC | Sunnyside | Unknown | 1865 - Unk | ||
| USRC | Uno 79' (ex USS Juniper) (later Peter J. Washington) |
Unknown | 1865 - 1873 | ||
| USRC | Hamlin 85' (aka Harry Hamlin) |
Steam harbor vessel | 1866 - 1899 | ||
| USRC | Jasmine 79' (later Chandler (aka William E. Chandler)) |
Steam tug | 1866 - 1873 | ||
| USRC | Mosswood 123' (ex USS Mosswood) (later McCullough (aka Hugh McCullough)) |
Steamship | 1866 - 1877 | ||
| USRC | Petrel 87' | Schooner | 1867 - 1873 | ||
| USRC | Racer 87' | Schooner | 1867 - 1873 | ||
| USRC | Guthrie 85' (aka James Guthrie) (ex George W. Loane) |
Steam tug | 1868 - 1882 | ||
| USRC | Colfax 140' | Sidewheeler | 1871 - 1899 | ||
| USRC | Gallatin (aka Albert Gallatin) |
Steam topsail schooner | 1871 - 1892 | Sank | |
| USRC | Hamilton 133' | Topsail Schooner | 1871 - 1906 | ||
| USRC | Grant 163' (aka U.S. Grant) |
Steam schooner | 1872 - 1906 | ||
| USRC | Saville | Unknown | 1872 - 1884 | Lost | |
| USRC | Boutwell 138' (aka George S. Boutwell) |
Steam topsail schooner | 1873 - 1907 | ||
| USRC | Chandler 99' (aka William E. Chandler) (former Jasmine) |
Steam tug | 1873 - 1903 | ||
| USRC | Crawford 146' (former Nansemond) |
Sidewheeler | 1873 - 1897 | ||
| USRC | Dix 137' (aka John A. Dix) (former Wilderness) |
Sidewheeler | 1873 - 1891 | ||
| USRC | McLane 153' (aka Louis McLane) (former Delaware) |
Sidewheeler | 1873 - 1902 | ||
| USRC | Vanderbilt 30' | Unknown | 1873 - 1891 | ||
| USRC | Wolcott 155' (aka Oliver Wolcott) |
Steam schooner | 1873 - 1897 | ||
| USRC | Dallas 140' | Steamship | 1874 - 1907 | ||
| USRC | Dexter 143' | Schooner | 1874 - 1908 | ||
| USRC | Report 37' | Sloop | 1874 - 1887 | ||
| USRC | Rush | Schooner | 1874 - 1885 | ||
| USRC | Ewing 135' (former Northerner) |
Sidewheeler | 1875 - 1895 | ||
| USRC | Hartley 64' (aka John F. Hartley) |
Unknown | 1875 - 1914 | ||
| USRC | Tench Coxe | Steam harbor vessel | 1876 - 1893 | ||
| USRC | Alert 48' | Sloop | 1877 - 1896 | ||
| USRC | Corwin 140' (aka Thomas Corwin) |
Steamship | 1877 - 1898 | ||
| USRC | McCullouch (aka Hugh McCullouch) (ex USS Mosswood) (former Mosswood) |
Steamship | 1877 - 1888 | ||
| USRC | George M. Bibb 104' (former Moccasin) (ex USS Hero) |
Steam tug | 1881 - 1890 | ||
| USRC | Forward 155' (aka Walter Forward) |
Steam schooner | 1882 - 1912 | ||
| USRC | Guthrie 85' (aka James Guthrie) |
Steam tug | 1882 - 1894 | ||
| USRC | Hawley (aka John B. Hawley) |
Steam launch | 1883 - 1889 | ||
| USRC/USCGC | Penrose 67' | Steam Tug | 1883 - 1924 | ||
| USRC | Perry 165' | Steam schooner | 1884 - 1910 | Wrecked on reef | |
| USRC | Rush 175' | Topsail Schooner | 1885 - 1912 | ||
| USRC/USCGC | Bear 198' | 1885 - 1929 1941 - 1944 |
Built by Alexander Stephenin Dundee Scotland as a sealer in 1874 Taken into US Navy service in 1884 as part of the rescue fleet for the ill-fated Greeley Arctic expedition 1885: Taken into the Revenue Cutter Service to patrol Alaskan waters Most famous commanding office was Mike "Hell Roarin'" Healy Served 41 years in the ice Carried reindeer from Siberia to Alaska to feed natives Overland rescue of over 250 sealers stuck in the ice Decomissioned in 1929 and turned over to Oakland, CA Used as a set in filming of Jack London's "Sea Wolf" Acquired by Adm. Richard Byrd for his 1933 Antarctic Expedition Returned from the Byrd expedition in 1941 to Boston In WWII she was part of the Greenland Patrol Took part in the capture of the Norwegian supply ship Buskoe Decommissioned again in 1944 Sold to a Canadian sealing company - never operational Purchased by Alfred Johnston of Villanova, PA in 1948 To be used as a resteraunt museum in Philadelphia Sank while being towed to Philadelphia One of the most famous Cutters Coast Guard history The mascot of the CG Academy is a Bear in her honor |
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| USRC | Smith | Steam tug | 1887 - 1899 | ||
| USRC/USCGC | Morrill 145' (aka Lot M. Morrill) |
1889 - 1928 | |||
| USRC | Ruby | Chartered steam barge | 1890 - 1891 | ||
| USRC | Frank Sperry | Sloop | 1891 - 1905 | ||
| USRC | Galveston 190' (aka Frank S. Galveston) (later Apache) |
Steamship | 1891 - 1900 | ||
| USRC | Sperry (aka Frank Sperry) |
Sloop | 1891 - 1905 | ||
| USRC/USCGC | Hudson 96' | Steam Tug | 1893 - 1935 | First RC with steel hull and triple-expansion plating Rescued USS Winslow in Spanish American War CO, LT Frank Newcomb, not awarded Medal of Honor because RCS was not "military" A Fletcher Class DD was named for Newcomb Commemorated in Semper Paratus |
CGH |
| USRC/USCGC | Manhatten 102' (later Arundel) |
Steam Tug | 1873 - 1917 | CGH | |
| USRC/USCGC | Calumet 94' (later Tioga) |
Steam Tug | 1894 - 1934 | Served in WWII | CGH |
| USRC/USCGC | Guthrie 87' (aka James Guthrie) |
Steam Tug | 1895 - 1941 | Served in WWII | |
| USRC | Guard 65' | Steam harbor vessel | 1896 - 1912 | ||
| USRC/USCGC | Scout 65' | Steam Launch | 1896 - 1915 | ||
| USRC | Hugh McCullouch | Unknown | 1897 - ?? | ||
| USRC/USCGC | McCullouch 219' | Steam Barkentine | 1897 - 1917 | Largest RC (219') Steam Barkentine Assigned to Commodore Dewey's Asiatic Fleet and fought at Manila Bay The first Cutter to transit the Suez Canal and Indian Ocean Lost in a collision on 13 June 1917 |
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| USRC/USCGC | Golden Gate 110' | Steam Tug | 1897 - 1945 | Stationed in San Francisco Played major role after the 1906 earthquake Served in WWI and WWII |
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| USRC/USCGC | Windom 170' (later Comanche) |
1897 - 1914 | The RCS 1897 Annual report noted that Windom was the first attempt to build a "modern" cutter Windom was completed in 1896 Fully watertight hull, longitudinal and transverse bulkheads and a triple expansion steam plant capable of 15 kts Fought in the Spanish-American War and WWI Renamed Commanche in 1914 |
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| USRC | Nunivak 209' | Sternwheeler | 1899 - 1901 | ||
| USRC/USCGC | Thetis 188' | 1899 - 1916 | |||
| USRC/USCGC | Apache 190' (former Galveston aka Frank Galveston) | Steam Tug | 1900 - 1937 | Commisioned in 1891 as Galveston Renamed Apache in 1900 Decommisioned in 1937 and transferred to the Army Used as radio transmission ship General Douglas MacArthur's "I have returned" speech was broadcasted from her deck |
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| USRC/USCGC | Delmarva | Steam Launch | 1900 - 1934 | Designated AB 22 in Coast Guard service | |
| USRC/USCGC | Seminole 188' | Steam Tug | 1900 - 1934 | CGH | |
| USRC | Alert 62' | Steamship | 1901 - 1907 | ||
| USRC/USCGC | Tuscarora 178' | 1902 - 1936 | CGH | ||
| USRC/USCGC | Arcata 85' | 1903 - 1936 | |||
| USRC/USCGC | Mackinac 110' | Steam Tug | 1903 - 1939 | ||
| USRC/USCGC | Patrol 36' | Steam Launch | 1905 - 1915 | ||
| USRC/USCGC | Carolina 56' | 1906 - 1921 | |||
| USRC/USCGC | Alert 61' | 1907 - 1920 | Replaced 1901 Alert | ||
| USRC/USCGC | Pamlico 158' | 1907 - 1946 | Designed with a shallow draft for inland cruising Stationed in New Bern, NC and became a fixture in the community Transported many Congressional and press parties to New Bern Naval Reserve training ship in WWI Classified a WPR in 1939 and served through WWII One of her crewmen from 1940 to 1943 was Steward's Mate Alex Haley When informed of her pending decommissioning, New Bern had their Congressman intercede with the Commandant to save the ship Finally decommissioned on 6 September 1946 after 40 years of service Alex Haley helped dedicate a plaque commemorating her service in New Bern on 28 April 1990 |
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| USRC/USCGC | Acushnet 152' | 1908 - 1936 | CGH | ||
| USRC/USCGC | Androscoggin 210' | 1908 - 1921 | Largest wooden RC (210') Built specifically as an icebreaker Show piece of the service for many years Hosted several diplomats and conferences Last wooden hulled Cutter in service |
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| USRC/USCGC | Seneca 204' | 1908 - 1936 | To Maritime Commision as school ship in NY, PA and MA | CGH | |
| USRC/USCGC | Snohomish 152' | Steam Tug | 1908 - 1934 | CGH | |
| USRC/USCGC | Davey 92' | Steam Tug | 1908 - 1945 | Served in WWII | |
| USRC/USCGC | Guide 70' | Steam Tug | 1908 - 1926 | First Cutter with internal combustion engine | |
| USRC/USCGC | Moriches 32' | Steam Launch | 1908 - 1918 | ||
| USRC/USCGC | Tahoma 191' | 1909 - 1914 | Grounded and was lost | ||
| USRC/USCGC | Yamacraw 191' | 1909 - 1937 | CGH | ||
| USRC/USCGC | Vigilant 45' | Steam Launch | 1910 - 1940 | Designated AB45 in Coast Guard service | |
| USRC/USCGC | Guard 67' | Steam Tug | 1913 - 1943 | Served in WWII | |
| USRC/USCGC | Comanche 170' (former Windom) |
1914 - 1930 | The RCS 1897 Annual report noted that Windom was the first attempt to build a "modern" cutter Windom was completed in 1896 Fully watertight hull, longitudinal and transverse bulkheads and a triple expansion steam plant capable of 15 kts Fought in the Spanish-American War and WWI Renamed Commanche in 1914 |
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| USRC/USCGC | Scout 61' (aka AB 11) |
1914 - 1930 | |||
| USRC/USCGC | Search 40' (aka AB 12) |
1914 - 1930 |
