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 |
Miami later Tampa) |
1912 - 1916 |
CGH NS |
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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 |
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 |
Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Un-Named | 1925 - 1936 | Numbered - Un-named |
CGH NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS |
Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Corwin | 1925 - 1936 | To the Navy | NS |
USCGC | Dallas | 1925 - 1936 | To the Navy | NS |
USCGC | Dexter | 1925 - 1936 | To the Navy | NS |
USCGC | Eagle | 1925 - 1936 | To the Navy | |
USCGC | Forward | 1925 - 1947 | Converted to tender in 1941 | |
USCGC | Gallatin | 1926 - 1935 | To the Navy | NS |
USCGC | Mahoning | 1926 - 1935 | ||
USCGC | Nansemond (later Phlox) | 1926 - 1949 | Converted to buoy tender | |
USCGC | Naugatuck | 1926 - 1935 | To the Navy | |
USCGC | Patriot | 1926 - 1938 | To the Navy | NS |
USCGC | Perry | 1926 - 1937 | ||
USCGC | Petrel (later Pine) | 1926 - 1940 | Converted to buoy tender | |
USCGC | Wolcott | 1926 - 1936 |
Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Argus (ex Major E. Picket) | 1925 - 1929 | 128' concrete hulled Army transport Became the flagship of the CG DD Force |
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USCGC | Colfax (ex General Rufus Ingalls) | 1924 - 1928 | 128' concrete hulled Army transport | |
USCGC | Pickering (ex BrigGen O.A. Allison) | 1924 - 1928 | 128' concrete hulled Army transport | |
USCGC | Wayanda (ex Col William H. Baldwin) | 1924 - 1928 | 128' concrete hulled Army transport | |
USCGC | Moccasin (ex Liberator) | 1924 - 1928 | 102' wooden hulled freighter | |
USCGC | City Point | 1924 - 1928 | Wooden hulled barge |
Designation | Name | Class | Classification | Hull Num | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Cassin | DD - Cassin - 1000 Tonner | CG | 1 | 1924 - 1933 |
CGH NS |
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USCGC | Cummings | DD - Cassin - 1000 Tonner | CG | 3 | 1925 - 1932 |
CGH NS |
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USCGC | Downes | DD - Cassin - 1000 Tonner | CG | 4 | 1924 - 1930 |
CGH NS |
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USCGC | Ammen | DD - Paulding - Flivver | CG | 8 | 1925 - 1931 |
CGH NS |
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USCGC | Beale | DD - Paulding - Flivver | CG | 9 | 1924 - 1930 |
CGH |
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USCGC | Burrows | DD - Paulding - Flivver | CG | 10 | 1925 - 1931 | NS | |
USCGC | Fanning | DD - Paulding - Flivver | CG | 11 | 1925 - 1930 | CGH | |
USCGC | Henley | DD - Paulding - Flivver | CG | 12 | 1924 - 1931 | NS | |
USCGC | Jouett | DD - Paulding - Flivver | CG | 13 | 1924 - 1931 |
CGH |
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USCGC | McCall | DD - Paulding - Flivver | CG | 14 | 1925 - 1930 | CGH | |
USCGC | Monaghan | DD - Paulding - Flivver | CG | 15 | 1925 - 1931 | CGH | |
USCGC | Patterson | DD - Paulding - Flivver | CG | 16 | 1924 - 1930 |
CGH NS |
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USCGC | Paulding | DD - Paulding - Flivver | CG | 17 | 1925 - 1930 |
CGH NS |
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USCGC | Roe | DD - Paulding - Flivver | CG | 18 | 1925 - 1930 | CGH | |
USCGC | Terry | DD - Paulding - Flivver | CG | 19 | 1925 - 1930 | CGH | |
USCGC | Trippe | DD - Paulding - Flivver | CG | 20 | 1924 - 1931 | CGH | |
USCGC | Ericsson | DD - O'Brien - 1000 Tonner | CG | 5 | 1925 - 1932 | CGH | |
USCGC | McDougal | DD - O'Brien - 1000 Tonner | CG | 6 | 1925 - 1933 | CGH | |
USCGC | Conyngham | DD - Tucker - 1000 Tonner | CG | 2 | 1925 - 1933 | CGH | |
USCGC | Porter | DD - Tucker - 1000 Tonner | CG | 7 | 1925 - 1933 | CGH | |
USCGC | Tucker | DD - Tucker - 1000 Tonner | CG | 23 | 1926 - 1933 | CGH | |
USCGC | Wainwright | DD - Tucker - 1000 Tonner | CG | 24 | 1926 - 1934 | CGH | |
USCGC | Davis | DD - Sampson - 1000 Tonner | CG | 21 | 1926 - 1933 | CGH | |
USCGC | Shaw | DD - Sampson - 1000 Tonner | CG | 22 | 1926 - 1933 | CGH | |
USCGC | Wilkes | DD - Sampson - 1000 Tonner | CG | 25 | 1926 - 1934 | CGH | |
USCGC | Abel P. Upsher | DD - Clemson Flush decker/4 Stacker |
CG | 15 | 1920 - 1931 | CGH | |
USCGC | George E. Badger | DD - Clemson Flush decker/4 Stacker |
CG | 16 | 1931 - 1934 | CGH | |
USCGC | Herndon | DD - Clemson Flush decker/4 Stacker |
CG | 17 | 1931 - 1934 | CGH | |
USCGC | Hunt | DD - Clemson Flush decker/4 Stacker |
CG | 18 | 1931 - 1934 | CGH | |
USCGC | Welborn C. Wood | DD - Clemson Flush decker/4 Stacker |
CG | 19 | 1931 - 1934 | CGH | |
USCGC | Semmes | DD - Clemson Flush decker/4 Stacker |
CG | 20 | 1932 - 1934 | CGH |
Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Lincoln | 1926 - 1926 | Siezed rumrunner Burned and sank while in CG service |
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USCGC | Virginia II 58' (aka CG 801) |
1926 - 1931 | Siezed rumrunner | |
USCGC | Reclaimer (later Dobbin) |
1927 - 1931 | Siezed rumrunner | |
USCGC | Gaviota 48' | 1927 - 1927 | Seized rum runner | |
USCGC | Eleanor 53' | 1927 - 1934 | Siezed rumrunner | |
USCGC | Moto Morovich 42 (aka AB 25) |
1928 - 1929 | Siezed Rumrunner | |
USCGC | Caloba 49' (aka CG 807) |
1929 - 1932 | Siezed rumrunner | |
USCGC | Jackie 53' (aka CG 902) |
1929 - 1931 | Siezed rumrunner | |
USCGC | Black Duck 45' (aka CG 808) |
CG | Siezed rumrunner One of the fastest and most notorious |
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USCGC | Vinces 93' (aka CG 821) |
1931 - Unk | Siezed rumrunner | |
USCGC | Chase 137' | 1934 - 1939 | Siezed rumrunner |
Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Active | 1927 - 1963 | ||
USCGC | Agassiz | 1927 - 1969 | CGH | |
USCGC | Alert | 1927 - 1969 | CGH | |
USCGC | Bedloe | 1927 - 1944 | Lost in storm | CGP |
USCGC | Bonham | 1926 - 1959 | ||
USCGC | Boutwell | 1927 - 1964 | ||
USCGC | Cahoone | 1927 - 1968 | CGH | |
USCGC | Cartigan | 1927 - 1968 | CGH | |
USCGC | Colfax | 1927 - 1954 | ||
USCGC | Crawford | 1927 - 1947 | ||
USCGC | Diligence | 1927 - 1961 | ||
USCGC | Dix | 1927 - 1948 | ||
USCGC | Ewing | 1927 - 1969 | ||
USCGC | Faunce | 1927 - 1948 | ||
USCGC | Frederck Lee | 1927 - 1964 | ||
USCGC | General Greene | 1927 - 1968 | Sold off - later seized by CG smuggling drugs |
CGH CGP |
USCGC | Harriet Lane | 1927 - 1946 | ||
USCGC | Jackson | 1927 - 1944 | Lost in a storm | CGP |
USCGC | Kimball | 1927 - 1968 | ||
USCGC | Legare | 1927 - 1968 | ||
USCGC | Marion | 1927 - 1962 | ||
USCGC | McLane | 1927 - 1968 | Sank RO-32 on 9 July 1942 | |
USCGC | Morris | 1927 - 1970 | To Sea Scout Program | |
USCGC | Nemaha | 1927 - 1948 | ||
USCGC | Pulaski | 1927 - 1948 | ||
USCGC | Reliance | 1927 - 1947 | ||
USCGC | Rush | 1927 - 1947 | ||
USCGC | Tiger | 1927 - 1947 | CGH | |
USCGC | Travis | 1927 - 1962 | ||
USCGC | Vigilant | 1927 - 1956 | ||
USCGC | Woodbury | 1927 - 1946 | ||
USCGC | Yeaton | 1927 - 1969 | ||
USCGC | Cuyahoga | 1927 - 1978 | Typical operations until 1957 1957 to 1959: OCS training cutter in New london 1959: Trasnferred to Yorktown as OCS training cutter 20 October 1978: Lost in collision with MV Santa Cruz II |
CGH |
USCGC | Electra | 1934 - 1936 | 1936 - Decommissioned 1936 - 1945 USS Potomac (AG-25) - President Roosevelt's yacht 1945 - Recommissioned as CGC Electra 1946 - Maryland Tidewater Fisheries Commission 1960 - Privately owned 1980 - Siezed as a drug runner Currently owned by the Potomac Association in Oakland |
Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Bibb (former George M. Bibb) |
1937 - 1985 | Built in Philadelphia and stationed in Norfolk 1939: Nuetrallity/Greenland/OWS Patrols Convoy duty and amphibious command ship in WWII Typical post-war dutues - OWS 14 October 1947: Ocean Station Charlie off Greenland Bermuda Sky Queen, a Boeing 314 Flying Boat, was forced to ditch late at night 30 foot waves prevented a rescue attempt until the next morning All 62 passengers safely evacuated on 15 October Unable to safely tow the aircraft, Bibb sank it with gunfire Deployed to Vietnam Sunk as a reef off Florida |
CGH |
USCGC | Campbell (former George W. Campbell) |
1936 - 1982 | Built in Philadelphia and stationed in Stapleton, New York 2 October 1939: performed the first Nuetrality Patrol 1941: used as a test bed to see if 327s could serve as convoy escorts Convoy duty and amphibiou command ship in WWII 22 February 1943: Rammed and sank U-606 Typical post-war duties - OWS Deployed to Vietnam Crowned as first official Queen of the Fleet in mid 1970s Sunk as a reef off Hawaii |
CGH |
USCGC | Duane (former William J. Duane) |
1936 - 1985 | Built in Philadelphia and stationed in Oakland 1939: Neutrality/Greenland/OWS Patrols Convoy duty and amphibious command ship in WWII 17 April 1943: assisted CGC Spencer in sinking U-175 Typical post-war duties - OWS Deployed to Vietnam Queen of the Fleet from 1982 to 1985 Sunk as an artificial reef off Key Largo, Florida |
CGH |
USCGC | Alexander Hamilton | 1936 - 1942 | Built in Philadelphia and stationed in Oakland Bering Sea Patrol 1939: Neutrality/Greenland/OWS Patrols Convoy duty in WWII 29 January 1942: sunk by U-132 25 crewmen killed |
CGH |
USCGC | Ingham (former Samuel D. Ingham) |
1936 - 1988 | Built in Philadelphia and stationed in Pory Angeles, Washington 1939: Neutrality/Greenland/OWS patrols Convoy duty and amphibious command ship in WWII 17 December 1942: sank U-626 Typical post-war duties - OWS Deployed to Vietnam Queen of the Fleet from 1985 to 1988 Retired as the most decorated cutter in the Coast Guard Fleet Only cutter to be awarded two Presidential Unit Citations Currently centerpiece of the Ingham Memorial Museum in Key West, Florida |
CGH |
USCGC | Spencer (former John C. Spencer) |
1937 - 1980 | Built in Philadelphia and stationed in Cordova, Alaska 1939: Neutrality/Greenland/OWS Patrols Convoy duty and amphibious command ship in WWII 21 February 1943: Sank either U-225 or (more likely) U-529 Typical post-war duties - OWS Deployed to Vietnam First of the 327s to be decommissioned in 1974 Served as an Engineering Training School until scrapped in 1980 |
CGH |
USCGC | Taney (former Roger B. Taney) |
1936 - 1986 | Built in Philadelphia and stationed in Honolulu, Hawaii One of the first ships to return fire during the 7 December 1941 attack Defended the Honolulu Power Plant The only 327 not deployed in the North Atlantic convoy run Patrolled in the Pacific until 1943 1943: The only 327 to mount 4 5"/38 guns Joined the Mediteranean convoy run Typical post-war duties - OWS Deplyed to both Korea and Vietnam 1977: Last Coast Guard Cutter on OWS when Station Hotel was discontinued Decommissioned on 7 December 1986 Museum ship in Baltimore |
CGH |
Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USRC/USCGC |
Levi Woodbury (former Mahoning) |
1873 - 1915 | Longest serving Revenue Cutter | Wik |
Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Tallapoosa | 1915 - 1945 |
Classified a WPG in WWII Her sister was classified a WPR |
CGH NS |
USCGC | Ossipee | 1915 - 1945 |
Classified a WPR in WWII Her sister was classified a WPG |
CGH NS |
Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Kankakee | 1919 - 1925 | ||
USCGC | Yocona | 1919 - 1925 |
Designation | Name | Classification | Hull Num | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | McGourty (ex USS Eagle-16) | CG | 16 | 1919 - 1922 | NS | |
USCGC | Scally (ex Eagle-20) | CG | 20 | 1920 - 1920 | ||
USCGC | Bothwell (ex USS Eagle-21) | CG | 21 | 1919 - 1921 | ||
USCGC | Earp (ex USS Eagle-22) | CG | 22 | 1920 - 1923 | ||
USCGC | Carr (ex USS Eagle-30) | CG | 30 | 1919 - 1922 |
Designation | Name | Classification | Hull Num | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Quigley (ex USS SC-22) | CG | 22 | 1919 - 1922 | Wiki | |
USCGC | Richards (ex USS SC-27) | CG | 27 | 1919 - 1923 | Wiki | |
USCGC | Hansen (ex USS SC-68) | CG | 68 | 1920 - 1927 | ||
USCGC | Newbury (ex SC-70) | CG | 70 | 1919 - 1923 | ||
USCGC | Vaughn (ex USS SC-152) | CG | 152 | 1920 - 1928 | NS | |
USCGC | Taylor (ex USS SC-153) | CG | 153 | 1920 - 1921 | NS | |
USCGC | Smith (ex USS SC-155) | CG | 155 | 1919 - 1937 | ||
USCGC | Tingard (ex USS SC-183) | CG | 183 | 1919 - 1937 | NS | |
USCGC | Mehelotos (ex USS SC-197) | CG | 197 | 1919 - 1923 | ||
USCGC | Ovesen (ex USS SC-199) | CG | 199 | 1919 - 1923 | ||
USCGC | Larsen (ex USS SC-203) | CG | 203 | 1919 - 1923 | ||
USCGC | Adams (ex USS SC-268) | CG | 268 | 1920 - 1922 | ||
USCGC | Deering (ex USS SC-333) | CG | 333 | 1920 - 1922 | ||
USCGC | Talley (ex USS SC-334) | CG | 417 | 1920 - 1922 | ||
USCGC | Cygan (ex USS SC-335) | CG | 335 | 1919 - 1936 | NS | |
USCGC | Hahn (ex USS SC-415) | CG | 415 | 1921 - 1923 | NS | |
USCGC | Stellenwerf (ex USS SC-417) | CG | 417 | 1919 - 1922 | ||
USCGC | Knudson (ex USS SC-431) | CG | 431 | 1919 - 1921 | NS | |
USCGC | Klingelhoefer (ex USS SC-433) | CG | 433 | 1919 - 1921 | NS | |
USCGC | Johannson (ex USS SC-435) | CG | 435 | 1919 - 1922 | ||
USCGC | Cook (ex USS SC-438) (later Bonneville) | CG | 438 | 1916 - 1935 | Cook would rejoin the Coast Guard in WWII as an Academy training cutter Renamed Bonneville |
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Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Haida | 1921 - 1947 | Kown as Haida Maru for her time spent in the Pacific | CGH |
USCGC | Modoc | 1922 - 1947 | To Ecuador | CGH |
USCGC | Mojave | 1951 - 1947 | ||
USCGC | Tampa | 1921 - 1947 | CGH |
Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Mocoma (former Cayuga) (ex HMS Totland) |
1946 - 1950 | CGH | |
USCGC | Saranac (later HMS Banff (41 - 46)) (later Sebek) (later Tampa) |
1930 - 1941 | CGH | |
USCGC | Sebek (former Saranac) (ex HMS Banff) (later Tampa) |
1946 - 1947 | CGH | |
USCGC | Tampa (former Saranac) (ex HMS Banff) (former Sebek) |
1947 - 1954 | CGH | |
USCGC | Champlain (later HMS Sennen 41 - 46) | 1928 - 1948 | CGH | |
USCGC | Itasca (later HMS Gorleston 41 - 46) | 1929 - 1950 | CGH | |
USCGC | Cayuga (later HMS Totland 41 - 46) (later Mocoma) |
1932 - 1941 | CGH | |
USCGC | Chelan (later HMS Lulworth 41 - 46) | 1928 - 1946 | Never Recommissioned after return from UK | |
USCGC | Mendota (later HMS Culver 41 - 46) | 1928 - 1942 | Sunk while in UK service | CGH |
USCGC | Ponchartrain (later HMS Hartland 41 - 46) | 1928 - 1942 | Sunk while in UK service | CGH |
USCGC | Sebago (later HMS Walney 41 - 46) | 1930 - 1941 | Sunk while in UK service | CGH |
USCGC | Shoshone (later Landguard 41 - 46) | 1930 - 1941 | Damaged while in UK service - never returned | CGH |
USCGC | Tahoe (later HMS Fishguard 41 - 46) | 1928 - 1946 | Never Recommissioned after return from UK | CGH |
Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Argo | 1933 - 1948 | CGH | |
USCGC | Ariadne | 1934 - 1969 | Wiki | |
USCGC | Atalanta | 1934 - 1950 | ||
USCGC | Aurora | 1931 - 1968 | CGH | |
USCGC | Calypso | 1942 - 1947 | Link | |
USCGC | Cyane | 1934 - 1950 | CGH | |
USCGC | Daphne | 1934 - 1946 | ||
USCGC | Dione | 1934 - 1963 | CGH | |
USCGC | Galatea | 1933 - 1948 | ||
USCGC | Hermes | 1932 - 1948 | ||
USCGC | Icarus | 1932 - 1946 | Sank U-352 - To Dominican Republic | CGH |
USCGC | Nemesis | 1934 - 1964 | Wiki | |
USCGC | Nike | 1934 - 1964 | ||
USCGC | Pandora | 1934 - 1959 | ||
USCGC | Perseus | 1932 - 1959 | ||
USCGC | Thetis | 1931 - 1947 | Sank U-157 | |
USCGC | Triton | 1934 - 1967 | ||
USCGC | Electra | 1934 - 1936 | 1936 - Decommissioned 1936 - 1945 USS Potomac (AG-25) - President Roosevelt's yacht 1945 - Recommissioned as CGC Electra 1946 - Maryland Tidewater Fisheries Commission 1960 - Privately owned 1980 - Siezed as a drug runner Currently owned by the Potomac Association in Oakland |
NS |
Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Algonquin | 1934 - 1948 | CGH | |
USCGC | Comanche | 1934 - 1947 | CGH | |
USCGC | Escanaba | 1932 - 1943 | Commissioned 17 September 1932 - stationed in Grand Haven, MI Operated entirely in the Great Lakes Esablished close ties with Grand Haven - Coast Guard City, USA The city always celebrated the 4 August birthday of the Coast Guard Transferred to the Greenland Patrol in 1942 It was noted that survivors were too cold to hold rescue lines LT Robert Prouse, Escanaba XO, developed a rubber suit that rescuers could wear into the water to pick up survivors Suits were used to rescue 133 men from the torpedoed Dorchester Widely used by other ships throughout the war 13 June 1942 - Escanaba exploded and sank Final cause was never established All but 2 of her 103 man crew were lost 4 August 1943 over 20,000 people in Grand Haven attended memorial services for Escanaba Grand Haven is still Coast Guard City, USA and still marks Coast Guard Day with a grand celebration |
CGH |
USCGC | Mohawk | 1935 - 1948 | To Delaware Bay and River Pilots Assoc to Miami Dade Historical Museum |
CGH |
USCGC | Onondaga | 1934 - 1947 | ||
USCGC | Tahoma | 1934 - 1953 | 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 45) |
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 | |
USCGC | Magothy | 1916 - 1920 | ||
USCGC |
Advance 50' (aka AB 1) |
1917 - 1939 | ||
USCGC |
Patrol 69' (aka AB 28) |
1917 - 1940 | ||
USCGC | Caswell | 1918 - 1919 | ||
USCGC |
Catherine 47 (aka AB 16) (later Venture) |
1918 - 1918 | ||
USCGC | Coquet | 1918 - 1918 | ||
USCGC | Ross 104 | 1918 - 1919 | ||
USCGC |
Venture 47' (aka AB 16) (former Catherine) |
1918 - 1940 | ||
USCGC |
Cossack 64' aka AB 3) |
1919 - 1925 | ||
USCGC |
Arrow 62' (aka AB 2) |
1919 - 1923 | ||
USCGC |
Dare 40' (aka AB 4) |
1919 - 1924 | ||
USCGC |
Dart 44' (aka AB 5) |
1919 - 1922 | ||
USCGC |
Dash 64' (aka AB 5) |
1919 - 1933 | ||
USCGC |
Javelin 90' (ex JESSAMINE (SP 438)) |
1919 - 1922 | NS | |
USCGC |
Kangaroo 62' (aka AB 6) (ex USS SP-1284) |
1919 - 1932 | NS | |
USCGC |
Leader 73' (ex USS Admiral SP 541) |
1919 - 1920 | Destroyed in gasoline tank explosion | NS |
USCGC |
Lookout 41' (aka AB 7) |
1919 - 1933 | ||
USCGC |
Pioneer 58' (aka AB 9) (ex USS Gurkha (SP 600)) |
1919 - 1934 | NS | |
USCGC |
Swift 66 (ex USS Broadbill SP-823) |
1919 - Unk | NS | |
USCGC |
Valiant 42' (ex USS Virginia (SP 746)) |
1919 - 1922 | Wiki | |
USCGC |
Vidette 75' (ex USS Howarda SP-144) |
1919 -1922 | NS | |
USCGC |
Relief 47 (aka AB 10) |
1921 - 1933 | ||
USCGC |
M. B. Chadwick 64' (aka AB 21) |
1923 - 1923 | ||
USCGC |
Voyager 52' (aka AB 18) (ex USS Voyager (SP-361)) |
1923 - 1936 | NS | |
USCGC | Lightning 110' | 1932 - 1935 |
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 | 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 |
USCGC | Pequot 155' (ex USS SP-319) |
1919 - 1922 | NS | |
USCGC | York 125' (ex USS Chilhowee SP-525) |
1919 - 1922 | NS | |
USCGC | Green 115' (aka William F. Green) |
1920 - 1922 | Schooner rig | |
USCGC | Redwing 187' (ex USS Redwing (AM-48/ARS-4) |
1924 - 1941 | Lapwing Class AM/ARS Acquired from the Navy as a Cruising Cutter |
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USCGC | Northland 216' | 1927 - 1946 | Built as a replacement for the venerable Bear Performed on Bering Sea Patrol doing "everything under the midnight sun" Transferred to Boston in 1938 in preparation for war Flagship of the Greenland Parol Siezed Norwegian sealer Buskoe - a German supply ship First siezure of the war - 12 Sep 1941 Sold to an American company working with the Israeli underground Renamed Jewish State, she ran refugees to Israel First warship of the Israeli Navy in 1948 - Renamed Matzpen Ended as an accomodations ship for Port Command Haifa Decommissioned and sold in 1962 |
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