138′ Pawtuxet Class Topsail Schooner Cruising Cutter
Model: No
| Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
| USRC/USCGC | Levi Woodbury (former Mahoning) |
1873 – 1915 | Longest serving Revenue Cutter | Wik |
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
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
Decommissioned 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 restaurant museum in Philadelphia
Sank while being towed to Philadelphia
Possibly the most famous Cutters Coast Guard history
Has been called the Coast Guard’s Constitution
The mascot of the CG Academy is a Bear in her honor
Model: No
| Designation | Name | Class | Hull | Rig | Service | Comments | Pictures |
| Bear’ | WAG | 29 | Steam Barkentine | 1941 – 1944 | CGH |
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 |
| USCGC | Kankakee | 1919 – 1925 | ||
| USCGC | Yocona | 1919 – 1925 |
200′ Coast Guard Eagle Class Patrol Boat
Acquired from the Navy
Retained the Navy hull number with “CG” added
Named for crewmen of USCGC Tampa
Most only stayed in service less than 2 years
Model: Yes
| Designation | Name | Class | Hull | Service | Comments | Pictures |
| USCGC | McGourty (ex USS Eagle-16) | CGE | 16 | 1919 – 1922 | NS | |
| USCGC | Scally (ex Eagle-20) | CGE | 20 | 1920 – 1920 | ||
| USCGC | Bothwell (ex USS Eagle-21) | CGE | 21 | 1919 – 1921 | ||
| USCGC | Earp (ex USS Eagle-22) | CGE | 22 | 1920 – 1923 | ||
| USCGC | Carr (ex USS Eagle-30) | CGE | 30 | 1919 – 1922 |
110′ Coast Guard SC-1 Class Subchaser
Acquired from the Navy
Retained the Navy hull number with “CG” added
Named for crewmen of USCGC Tampa
Most only stayed in service less than 2 years
A few hung in to enforce the Neutrality Laws
Model: Yes
| Designation | Name | Class | Hull | Service | Comments | Pictures |
| USCGC | Quigley (ex USS SC-22) | CGSC | 22 | 1919 – 1922 | Wiki | |
| USCGC | Richards (ex USS SC-27) | CGSC | 27 | 1919 – 1923 | Wiki | |
| USCGC | Hansen (ex USS SC-68) | CGSC | 68 | 1920 – 1927 | ||
| USCGC | Newbury (ex SC-70) | CGSC | 70 | 1919 – 1923 | ||
| USCGC | Vaughn (ex USS SC-152) | CGSC | 152 | 1920 – 1928 | NS | |
| USCGC | Taylor (ex USS SC-153) | CGSC | 153 | 1920 – 1921 | NS | |
| USCGC | Smith (ex USS SC-155) | CGSC | 155 | 1919 – 1937 | ||
| USCGC | Tingard (ex USS SC-183) | CGSC | 183 | 1919 – 1937 | NS | |
| USCGC | Mehelotos (ex USS SC-197) | CGSC | 197 | 1919 – 1923 | ||
| USCGC | Ovesen (ex USS SC-199) | CGSC | 199 | 1919 – 1923 | ||
| USCGC | Larsen (ex USS SC-203) | CGSC | 203 | 1919 – 1923 | ||
| USCGC | Adams (ex USS SC-268) | CGSC | 268 | 1920 – 1922 | ||
| USCGC | Deering (ex USS SC-333) | CGSC | 333 | 1920 – 1922 | ||
| USCGC | Talley (ex USS SC-334) | CGSC | 417 | 1920 – 1922 | ||
| USCGC | Cygan (ex USS SC-335) | CGSC | 335 | 1919 – 1936 | NS | |
| USCGC | Hahn (ex USS SC-415) | CGSC | 415 | 1921 – 1923 | NS | |
| USCGC | Stellenwerf (ex USS SC-417) | CGSC | 417 | 1919 – 1922 | ||
| USCGC | Knudson (ex USS SC-431) | CGSC | 431 | 1919 – 1921 | NS | |
| USCGC | Klingelhoefer (ex USS SC-433) | CGSC | 433 | 1919 – 1921 | NS | |
| USCGC | Johannson (ex USS SC-435) | CGSC | 435 | 1919 – 1922 | ||
| USCGC | Cook (ex USS SC-438) (later Bonneville) | CGSC | 438 | 1916 – 1935 | Cook would rejoin the Coast Guard in WWII as an Academy training cutter Renamed Bonneville |
NS |
240′ Tampa Class
Cruising Cutter (1921-1925)
Cruising Cutter First Class (1925-1939)
First cutters designed by the Coast Guard
Ordered shortly after WWI
First true “Multi-mission” cutters
Equipped for law enforcement, SAR, ice patrol, towing, and
derelict destruction and very heavily armed for their size
Commissioned as Cruising Cutters without hull numbers
Reclassified First Class Cruising Cutters in 1925
Hull numbers were assigned in 1939 and reclassified Patrol Gunboats
Numbers were assigned alphabetically, not by date of commission
Haida was lead ship and was assigned the lowest hull number
The 240s were officially referred to as the Haida Class
Model: Yes
| Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
| USCGC | Haida | 1921 – 1947 | Known 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 |
250′ Lake Class Cruising Cutter First Class
Part of a massive expansion by ADM Frederick Billard
Commissioned as First Class Cruising Cutters without hull numbers
Hull numbers were assigned in 1939, reclassified as Patrol Gunboats
The 250s were officially referred to as the Lake or the Chelan Class
Sent to the UK under Lend-Lease
Only a few saw service after the war
All were decommissioned by 1950
Model: Yes
| Designation | Name | Class | Hull | Service | Comments | Pictures |
| USCGC | Mocoma (former Cayuga) (ex HMS Totland) |
WPG | 163 | 1946 – 1950 | CGH | |
| USCGC | Saranac (later HMS Banff (41 – 46)) (later Sebec) (later Tampa) |
WPG | 164 | 1930 – 1941 | CGH | |
| USCGC | Sebec (former Saranac) (ex HMS Banff) (later Tampa) |
WPG | 164 | 1946 – 1947 | CGH | |
| USCGC | Tampa (former Saranac) (ex HMS Banff) (former Sebek) |
WPG | 164 | 1947 – 1954 | CGH | |
| USCGC | Champlain (later HMS Sennen 41 – 46) | WPG | 319 | 1928 – 1948 | CGH | |
| USCGC | Itasca (later HMS Gorleston 41 – 46) |
WPG |
321 | 1929 – 1950 | CGH | |
| USCGC | Cayuga (later HMS Totland 41 – 46) (later Mocoma) |
WPG | 163 | 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 |
165’B Thetis Class Cruising Cutter Second Class
Part of a massive expansion by ADM Frederick Billard
Commissioned as Second Class Cruising Cutters without hull numbers
Hull numbers were assigned in 1939, reclassified Coastal Patrol Boats
Numbers were assigned alphabetically, not by date of commission
Thetis was the lead ship, but Argo was assigned the lowest hull number
The 165Bs were officially referred to as the Thetis Class
Ariadne was decommissioned in 1967
Model: Yes
| Designation | Name | Class | Hull | Service | Comments | Pictures |
| USCGC | Argo | WPC | 100 | 1933 – 1948 | CGH | |
| USCGC | Ariadne | WPC | 101 | 1934 – 1969 | Wiki | |
| USCGC | Atalanta | WPC | 102 | 1934 – 1950 | ||
| USCGC | Aurora | WPC | 103 | 1931 – 1968 | CGH | |
| USCGC | Calypso | WPC | 104 | 1942 – 1947 | Link | |
| USCGC | Cyane | WPC | 105 | 1934 – 1950 | CGH | |
| USCGC | Daphne |
WPC |
106 | 1934 – 1946 | ||
| USCGC | Dione | WPC | 107 | 1934 – 1963 | CGH | |
| USCGC | Galatea | WPC | 108 | 1933 – 1948 | ||
| USCGC | Hermes | WPC | 109 | 1932 – 1948 | ||
| USCGC | Icarus | WPC | 110 | 1932 – 1946 | Sank U-352 – To Dominican Republic | CGH |
| USCGC | Nemesis | WPC | 111 | 1934 – 1964 | Wiki | |
| USCGC | Nike | WPC | 112 | 1934 – 1964 | ||
| USCGC | Pandora | WPC | 113 | 1934 – 1959 | ||
| USCGC | Perseus | WPC | 114 | 1932 – 1959 | ||
| USCGC | Thetis | WPC | 115 | 1931 – 1947 | Sank U-157 | |
| USCGC | Triton | WPC | 116 | 1934 – 1967 | ||
| USCGC | Electra | 1934 – 1936 | 1936 – Decommissioned 1936 – 1945 USS Potomac (AG-25) – President Roosevelt’s yacht 1945 – Decommissioned as CGC Electra 1946 – Maryland Tidewater Fisheries Commission 1960 – Privately owned 1980 – Seized as a drug runner Currently owned by the Potomac Association in Oakland |
NS |
165’A Algonquin Class Cruising Cutter First Class
Part of a massive expansion by Commandant ADM Frederick Billard
Based on the Tallapoosa design
Designed with a cutaway forefoot for light (up to 2′) icebreaking
Commissioned as First Class Cruising Cutters without hull numbers
Hull numbers were assigned in 1939 and reclassified Patrol Gunboats
Numbers were assigned alphabetically, not by date of commission
Escanaba was lead ship, but Algonquin was assigned lowest number
The 165As were officially referred to as Algonquin Class
Tahoma was decommissioned in 1953
Model: Yes
| Designation | Name | Class | Hull | Service | Comments | Pictures |
| USCGC | Algonquin | WPG | 75 | 1934 – 1948 | CGH | |
| USCGC | Comanche | WPG | 76 | 1934 – 1947 | CGH | |
| USCGC | Escanaba | WPG | 77 | 1932 – 1943 | Commissioned 17 September 1932 – stationed in Grand Haven, MI Operated entirely in the Great Lakes Established 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 | WPG | 78 | 1935 – 1948 | To Delaware Bay and River Pilots Assoc to Miami Dade Historical Museum |
CGH |
| USCGC | Onondaga | WPG | 79 | 1934 – 1947 | ||
| USCGC | Tahoma | WPG | 80 | 1934 – 1953 | CGH |
Launches and Anchorage and Boarding (AB) Vessels
Misc small harbor craft
Many had been RCS Launches
Several were acquired from the Navy
The Navy acquisitions had been SP boats
Some were classified AB Boats
Model: No
| 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 Howards 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 |
Misc One-of-a-Kind Cutters
Model: No
| Designation | Name | Class | Hull | Service | Comments | Pictures |
| 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 | Commissioned in 1891 as Galveston Renamed Apache in 1900 Decommissioned 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′ | WPR | 57 | 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 Commission 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 Comanche 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 |
NS | ||
| USCGC | Northland 216′ | WPG | 49 | 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 Patrol Seized Norwegian sealer Buskoe – a German supply ship First seizure 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 accommodations ship for Port Command Haifa Decommissioned and sold in 1962 |