1915 - 1940: Small Boats

Surfboats

Class	Lead Boat	Number	Year	Comments	Pictures

26' Beebe-McLellan Type Pulling/Sailing Surfboat				Designed by LT McLellan, USRM, and Frederick Beebe Replaced all previous designs 26' with 3 or 4 thwarts for 6 or 8 oars, double banked Clinker built - Sprit sailing rig with jib and sprit sail Self bailing but not self righting	LSS
27' Beebe Type Motor Surfboat				27' Beebe pulling boats converted by adding a 12 hp gasoline engine Capable of about 8 knots	LSS
26' Beebe-McLellan Type Motor Surfboat				One 26' pulling boat was converted as an experiment Almost all others were built new with the engine	LSS

Lifeboats

Class	Lead Boat	Number	Year	Comments	Model

36' McLellan Type E Motor Lifeboat		46	1908	First US lifeboat designed from the beginning to incorporate a motor in the stern Designed by now-CAPT McLellan, USRM Capable of about 10 knots Not capable of being rowed but retained the two sailing masts for emergency use The boats were named in addition to numbered - the only MLBs so honored Remained the standard motor lifeboat until replaced by the Type H in 1919
36' Hunnewell Type H Motor Lifeboat		76	1919	First motor lifeboat designed by the Coast Guard The Coast Guard centralized all small boat construction at the depot at Arundel Cove which is now called the Coast Guard Yard at Curtis Bay Incorporated several imrovements to the Type E boats Engine moved to midships and rudder moved forward of tiller Retained the oars and sails Capable of 9 knots Remained inservice until replaced by the Type T in 1929
36' Hansen Type T Motor Lifeboat		27	1928	Incorporated improvements to the Type H Partially enclosed cockpit Capable of 9 knots and a range of 280 nautical miles	CGH
36' Type TR Motor Lifeboat		72	1931	Modified Type T TR = Type T, Revised	CGH CGP
52' Wooden Hull Motor Lifeboat		2	1935	Stationed in the Pacific Northwest Named Invincible and Triumph Invincible was transferred to the Navy in 1967 Triumph was lost in a rescue attempt in 1961	CGH CGAA
36' Type TRS Motor Lifeboat		130	1937	Modified Type TR TRS = Type T, Revised, Simplified The last Type TRS was retired in 1987	CGH CGP

Utility Boats

Class	Lead Boat	Number	Year	Comments	Model

36' Picket Boat		103	1925	Built to enforce Prohibition Built as either single cabin or double cabin Out of service after WWII - Replaced by the 40 foot UTB	CGH
38' Picket Boat		500+	1920	Built to enforce Prohibition Sturdier than the smaller 36s Direct forerunner to the 41s	CGP

Cutter Boats

Class	Lead Boat	Number	Year	Comments	Model

26' Monomoy Type Pulling/Sailing Surfboat				26' Monomoy shoreside surfboat built with a carvel hull and used as the standard cutter boat