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Famous Cutters

Designation Name/Hull Num Class/Rig Service Comments Pix Model USRC Eagle Topsail schooner 1809 – 1814 Commanded by CAPT Fredrick Lee Escorted merchantmen around New York Attacked by 18 gun brig HMS Dispatch in 1814 Ran aground trying to escape Crew hauled cannons to top of a 160′ cliff and took Dispatch under fire When all …

Firsts, Lasts, and Biggest

Designation Name/Hull Num Class/Rig Service Comments Pix Model               USRC Dolly Brig 1805 – 1807 Most heavily armed RC (14 6 pounders) But too large for revenue work USLHT Pharos Unknown 1854 – 1907 Last sailing tender in service USRC Mahoning/ Levi Woodbury Pawtuxet 1863 – 1915 Longest serving …

Famous Ships That Were Cutters

Designation Name/Hull Num Class/Rig Service Comments Pix Model               USRC Henrietta Schooner 1861 – 1862 James Gordon Bennet’s personal yacht He commanded her while in USRCS service Later belonged to New York Yacht Club Won Great Ocean Transatlantic Race in 1866 CGH USRC Naugatuck (aka EA Stevens, Ironside) Steamship …

Queens of the Fleet

The Queen of the Fleet is the oldest cutter on active duty.  She is authorized to wear gold hull hunbers. Designation Name Class Service Comments Pictures Model USCGC Campbell (aka: George W. Campbell) WPG/WHEC 32 327 1936 – 1982 Built in Philadelphia and stationed in Stapleton, New York 2 October 1939: performed the first Nuetrality …