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High Endurance Cutters

198’ Bear Class Steam Barkentine 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 …

Medium Endurance Cutters

138′ Pawtuxet Class Topsail Schooner Model: No Designation Name Service Comments Pictures USRC/USCGC Levi Woodbury (former Mahoning) 1873 – 1915 Longest serving Revenue Cutter Wik 182′ Kankakee Class Paddle wheeler River Patrol Cutter Commissioned as riverboats without hull numbers Paddle wheelers used for flood relief on the Mississippi Model: No Designation Name Service Comments Pictures …

Patrol Boats

75′ “Six Bitters” Patrol Boat Commissioned as patrol boats without hull numbers Designed for prohibition – excellent patrol boats – un-named Model: Yes Designation Name Service Comments Pictures USCGC Un-Named 1925 – 1936 Numbered – Un-named CGH NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 100′ “100 Footers” Patrol Boat Commissioned as patrol …