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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 as an Academy training cutter to replace Dobbin Used as a patrol cutter from 1890 to 1894 when US 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 and 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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USCGC | Alexander Hamilton (Ex USS Vicksburg) (later Beta) |
168 USS Annapolis Class PG | 1921 - 1944 | Commissioned into the Navy in 1895 as the gunboat Vicksburg Transferred to the RCS in 1921 to replace Itasca Fourth Academy training cutter until 1931 1931 to 1939: receiving cutter at the Curtis Bay Yard 1939 to 1942: Barracks ship at the Academy 1942: Back to the Yard as a floating machine shop decommissioned in 1944 |
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USCGC | Curlew | Schooner 65 | CG | 65016 | 1940 - 1960 |
Donated to the Coast Guard on 31 Jan 1940 Used as an Academy training ship 1951: transferred to TRACEN Cape May Used in boot camp training |
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USCGC | Atlantic | Three-masted schooner 185 |
WIX | 271 | 1941 - 1947 | Launched in 1903 as a 3 masted gaff rigged racing schooner 1905 Won Kaiser's Cup with an Atlantic crossing of 12 days, 4 hrs, 1 min, 19 sec Record stood for 75 years before being broken by a trimaran Record stood for a mon-hull vessel until 2002 WWI - Submarine mother ship Served as Academy training ship in WWII Scrapped in 1982 Full size replica built in 2010 |
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USCGC | Volador | Schooner 110 | WIX | 59 | 1942 - 1943 | Used for district personel training To The Army |
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USCGC | Danmark | 295 Barque | WIX | 283 | 1942 - 1945 | Danish Navy cadet training ship commanded by Captain Knud Hansen Sailing in US waters when Germany invaded Denmark Hansen sailed into Jacksonville and sought asylum When US entered the war, Hansen volunteered his ship and crew as a training ship For the duration of the war Danmark was the UCSGA training cutter Returned to Denmark after the war |
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USCGC | Bonneville (Former Cook) | 110 SC-1 | WIX | 375 | 1943 - 1945 | Second time in CG service Used as Academy training cutter |
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USCGC | Marita (ex HMS Kaspar) ex HMS Kilmacrennan) |
HMS Kil Class 183 | WYP | 175 | 1943 - 1945 | ||
USCGC | Cobb (former Gov. Cobb) |
Misc CGC 286 | WPG | 181 | 1943 - 1946 | First turbin-propelled commercial ship in US (1906) Served the navy as a training sship in WWI Acquired by the CG in 1943 and used for training Converted to a helicopter carrier and was instrumental in proving the concept of helo ops from a ship Considered the first helo carrier |
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USCGC | Nellwood | Patrol Yacht | 1943 - 1947 | Training ship |
Designation | Name | Class | Classification | Hull Num | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Cuyahoga | 125 Buck-and-a-Quarters | WPC/WMEC | 157 | 1927 - 1978 | Typical operations until 1957 1957 to 1959 - Training cutter in New London 1959 - Transferred to Yorktown as OCS training cutter 20 October 1978: Lost in a collision with Santa Cruz II |
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USCGC | Curlew | Schooner 65 | CG | 65016 | 1940 - 1960 |
Donated to the Coast Guard on 31 Jan 1940 Used as an Academy training ship 1951: transferred to TRACEN Cape May Used in boot camp training |
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USCGC | Eagle (ex SNS Horst Wessel) | 295 Barque | WIX | 327 | 1946 - Active | Built in 1936 and named Horst Wessel a stormtrooper who wrote the Nazi party anthem and died fighting German Communists in 1930 Traing ship in the German Navy Siezed as a war prize in 1946 Commissioned into the Coast Guard as the Academy training cutter Only sailing vessel in commissioned US service America's Tall Ship |
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USCGC | Lamar | 184 USS PCE | WTR | 899 | 1964 - 1969 | Commissioned in the Navy as 1945 Training ship from 1950 to 1964 Turned over to the Coast Guard in 1964 Used for Reserve training in Monterey |
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USCGC | Tanager (ex USS Tanager) | 221 Auk Class Minesweeper | AM/MSF/WTR | 385/385/885 | 1964 - 1972 | Commissioned into the Navy in 1945 Performed mine sweeping operations until 1963 Transferred to the Coast Guard in 1963 Used for Reserve training at Yorktown |
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Designation | Name | Class | Classification | Hull Num | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Eagle (ex SNS Horst Wessel) | 295 Barque | WIX | 327 | 1946 - Active | Built in 1936 and named Horst Wessel a stormtrooper who wrote the Nazi party anthem and died fighting German Communists in 1930 Traing ship in the German Navy Siezed as a war prize in 1946 Commissioned into the Coast Guard as the Academy training cutter Only sailing vessel in commissioned US service America's Tall Ship |
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