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 |
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USLHT | Pharos | Unknown | 1854 – 1907 | Last sailing tender in service | ||
USRC | Mahoning/ Levi Woodbury |
Pawtuxet | 1863 – 1915 | Longest serving Revenue Cutter Sold into merchant service and lost in 1932 |
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USRC/USCGC | Windham (later (Comanche) |
1896 – 1930 | The RCS 1897 Annual report noted that Windom was the first attempt to build a “modern” cutter Windom was completed in 1896 Fully watertight hull, longitudinal and transverse bulkheads and triple expansion steam plant capable of 15 kts Fought in the Spanish-American War and WWI Renamed Commanche in 1914 |
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USRC/USCGC | McCullouch | Steam barkentine | 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 |
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USRC/USCGC | Pamlico 158′ WPR 50 |
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 |
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USRC/USCGC | Androscoggin | 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 |
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USLHT/USCGC | Cedar WAGL 207 |
1917 – 1950 | Largest tender ever built for the LHS (1,970 tons) First tender equipped with a radio |
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USLHT/USCGC | Acacia 172′ WAGL 200 (ex USAMP Gen John F. Story |
Speedwell Class MP Ilex Class Tender |
1927 – 1942 | Only buoy tender sunk by a u-boat | CGH | |
USLHT/USCGC | Juniper 177′ WAGL 224 |
1940 – 1975 | Last vessel designed by USLHS | |||
USCGC | Muskeget WAG 48 |
1942 – 1942 | Only OWS vessel sunk by a u-boat | CGH | Yes | |
USCGC | Cobb (ex Governor Cobb) WPG 181 |
1943 – 1946 | 1906 – First turbine propelled commercial ship in US Training ship in WWIEASRSEAFRON in WWII Stationed in Boston after the war 1944 – Converted to a helicopter carrier Instrumental in proving the concept of helo ops from ships Recognized as the first helicopter carrier |
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USCGC | Nantucket Lightship WLV |
1986 | Last lightship station decommissioned | CGH CGP |
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USCGC | Taney WHEC |
1986 | Last US ship to man an ocean weather station | CGH | Yes |