Revenue Cutter Service Training Cutters
Model: Dobbin: Yes
| Designation | Name | Class | Service | Comments | Pictures |
| USRC | Dobbin | Cushing 91 | 1876 – 1881 | Stationed in Savannah at the start of the Civil War Only Revenue Cutter to escape to the North 23 years as a patrol cutter 1876: First Academy training cutter in New Bedford 1878: Replaced at the Academy by Chase, returned to patrol duty |
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| USRC | Chase (aka Salmon P. Chase) |
Misc RC 115/145 |
1878 – 1907 | Designed as a tr-aining cutter 1878: Replaced Dobbin 1890 to 1894: Patrol cutter Naval Academy provided USRC officers 1895 expansion of the navy brought that agreement to an end Chase lengthened by 40′ to accommodate 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) |
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 too cramped to be effective |
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WWII Training Cutters
With the massive expansion that came with going to war
The Coast Guard acquired several unique vessels to train the ranks.
Model: As noted in table
| Designation | Name | Class | Class | Hull | Service | Comments | Picture | Model |
| 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 3 masted gaff rigged racing schooner 1905 Won Kaiser’s Cup Trans Atlantic Race 12 days, 4 hrs, 1 min, 19 sec Record stood for 75 years Broken by a trimaran Mono-hull record stood until 2002 WWI – Submarine mother ship WWII – Academy training ship Scrapped in 1982 Full size replica built in 2010 |
Link | Yes |
| USCGC | Volador | Schooner 110 | WIX | 59 | 1942 – 1943 | Designed by William Gardiner Built in 1926 in Wilmington, CA Flagship of Commodore W. L. Valentine of the California Yacht Club Acquired in 1942 as a district training vessel Returned to owner in 1943 |
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| USCGC | Danmark | 295 Barque | WIX | 283 | 1942 – 1945 | Danish Navy cadet training ship Commanded by Captain Knud Hansen In US waters when Germany invaded Denmark Hansen sought asylum in Jacksonville Volunteered ship and crew as a training ship Served as Academy training cutter Returned to Denmark after the war |
Wiki | Yes |
| USCGC | Bonneville (Former Cook) |
110 SC-1 | WIX | 375 | 1943 – 1945 | Second time in CG service Used as Academy training cutter |
NS | Yes |
| USCGC | Marita (ex HMS Kaspar) ex HMS Kilmacrennan) |
HMS Kil Class 183 | WPR | 175 | 1943 – 1945 | |||
| USCGC | Cobb (former Gov. Cobb) |
Misc CGC 286 | WPG | 181 | 1943 – 1946 | First turbine-propelled commercial ship in US (1906) Served the navy as a training ship 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 |
1946 – 2000 Training Cutters
The Coast Guard has used a variety of cutter types for training
Some were retired operational cutters
Others were acquired from the Navy
Model: As noted in table
| Designation | Name | Class | Class | Hull | Service | Comments | Pictures | Model |
| USCGC | Cuyahoga | 125′ WMEC | WIX | 157 | 1927 – 1978 | Typical operations until 1957 1957 to 1959 – Training cutter in New London 1959 – Transferred to Yorktown OCS training cutter 20 October 1978: Lost in a collision with Santa Cruz II |
CGH | Yes |
| USCGC | Curlew | 65′ Schooner | 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 | Lamar | 184′ 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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| USCGC | Eagle (ex SNS Horst Wessel) |
295′ Barque | WIX | 327 | 1946 – Active | Built in 1936 and named Horst Wessel a storm trooper who wrote the Nazi party anthem and died fighting German Communists in 1930 Training ship in the German Navy Seized as a war prize in 1946 Commissioned into the Coast Guard Academy training cutter Only sailing vessel in active US service America’s Tall Ship |
CGH | Yes |
Current Training Cutter
The Coast Guard has relocated OCS to the Academy
Eagle is the only remaining training cutter
She has recently started training NOAA officers
Model: Yes
| Designation | Name | Class | Class | Hull | Service | Comments | Pictures |
| USCGC | Eagle (ex SNS Horst Wessel) |
295′ Barque | WIX | 327 | 1946 – Active | Built in 1936 and named Horst Wessel a storm trooper who wrote the Nazi party anthem and died fighting German Communists in 1930 Training ship in the German Navy Seized as a war prize in 1946 Commissioned into the Coast Guard Academy training cutter Only sailing vessel in active US service America’s Tall Ship |
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