Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USRC/USCGC |
Levi Woodbury (former Mahoning) |
1873 - 1915 | Longest serving Revenue Cutter | Wik |
Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USRC/USCGC | 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 |
CGH NS |
USRC/USCGC | Onondaga | 1898 - 1923 | CGH | |
USRC/USCGC | Algonquin | 1898 - 1930 | CGH | |
USRC/USCGC | Manning | 1898 - 1930 | CGH | |
USRC/USCGC | Mohawk | 1904 - 1917 | Sunk in collision with SS Vennacher | CGH |
Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USRC/USCGC | Winnisimmet | 1903 - 1945 | Former Revenue Cutter | CGH |
USRC/USCGC | Wissahickon | 1904 - 1935 |
Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USRC/USCGC |
Miami later Tampa) |
1912 - 1916 |
CGH NS |
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USRC/USCGC | 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 |
CGH NS |
USRC/USCGC |
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 |
CGH NS |
Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
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 |
CGH |
USRC/USCGC | Morrill (aka Lot M. Morrill) 145' |
1889 - 1928 | CGH | |
USRC/USCGC | McCullouch 219' | 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 |
CGH |
USRC/USCGC | Windom 170' (later Comanche) |
1897 - 1914 | The RCS 1897 Annual report noted 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 |
CGH |
USRC/USCGC | Apache (former Galveston aka Frank Galveston) 190' |
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 |
CGH |
USRC/USCGC | Seminole 188' | 1900 - 1934 | CGH | |
USRC/USCGC | Tuscarora 178' | 1902 - 1936 | CGH | |
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 A plaque commemorating her service was dedicated on 28 April 1990 Alex Haley helped in the dedication |
CGH |
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 |
CGH |
USRC/USCGC | Seneca 204' | 1908 - 1936 | To Maritime Commision as school ship in NY, PA and MA | CGH |
USRC/USCGC | Snohomish 152' | 1908 - 1934 | CGH | |
USRC/USCGC | Tahoma 191' | 1909 - 1914 | Grounded and was lost | CGH |
USRC/USCGC | Yamacraw 191' | 1909 - 1937 | CGH | |
USRC/USCGC | Comanche (former Windom) 170' |
1914 - 1930 | The RCS 1897 Annual report noted 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 |
CGH |
Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Picture |
USRC/USCGC | Manhatten (later Arundel) | 1873 - 1917 | Former Revenue Cutter | CGH |
USRC/USCGC | Hudson 95' | 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 | Calumet (later Tioga) |
1894 - 1934 | Former Revenue Cutter | CGH |
USRC/USCGC |
Tybee 67 AB 15 |
1895 - 1930 | Former Revenue Cutter | |
USRC/USCGC | Golden Gate 110' | 1897 - 1945 | Former Revenue Cutter Stationed in San Francisco Played major role after the 1906 earthquake Served in WWII |
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USRC/USCGC | Mackinac 110' | 1903 - 1939 | ||
USRC/USCGC | Davey 93' | 1908 - 1945 | Former Revenue Cutter | NS |
USRC/USCGC | Tioga 81' | 1916 - 1930 | ||
USRC/USCGC | Arundel (former Manhatten) |
1918 - 1928 | CGH |
Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USRC/USCGC | Penrose 67' | 1883 - 1924 | Former Revenue Cutter | |
USRC/USCGC | Guthrie 87' | 1895 - 1941 |
Former Revenue Cutter Served in WWII |
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USRC/USCGC |
Tybee 67 (aka AB 15) |
1895 - 1930 | Former Revenue Cutter | |
USRC/USCGC | Scout 65' | 1896 - 1915 | Former Revenue Cutter | |
USRC/USCGC | Delmarva (aka AB 22) |
1900 - 1934 | Former Revenue Cutter | |
USRC/USCGC | Arcata 85' | 1903 - 1936 | ||
USRC/USCGC | Patrol 36' | 1905 - 1915 | Former Revenue Cutter | |
USRC/USCGC | Carolina 56' | 1906 - 1921 | Former Revenue Cutter | |
USRC/USCGC | Alert 61' | 1907 - 1920 | Former Revue Cutter | |
USRC/USCGC | Guide 70' | 1908 - 1926 |
Former Revenue Cutter First Cutter with internal combustion engine |
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USRC/USCGC | Moriches 32' | 1908 - 1918 | Former Revenue Cutter | |
USRC/USCGC |
Vigilant (aka AB 17) |
1910 - 1940 | Former Revenue Cutter | |
USRC/USCGC | Guard 67' | 1913 - 1943 |
Former Revenue Cutter Served in WWII |
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USRC/USCGC | Scout 61' (aka AB 11) |
1914 - 1930 | Former Revenue Cutter | |
USRC/USCGC | Search 40' (aka AB 12) |
1914 - 1930 | Former Revenue Cutter |