USRC Active, was a revenue cutter of the United States Revenue Cutter Service in commission from 1867 to 1875.[2] She was the fifth Revenue Cutter Service ship to bear the name.[3]
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USRC Active |
| Namesake | In action; moving; causing action or change |
| Builder | J.W. Lynn, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[2] |
| Cost | US$18,500[2] |
| Completed | 1867 |
| Commissioned | 1867 |
| Homeport | New Bedford, Massachusetts, 19 June 1867–7 April 1875[1] |
| Fate | Sold 13 May 1875 at Staten Island, New York for US$5,508.50[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Active-class schooner |
| Displacement | 120 tons |
| Length | 90 ft (27 m) |
| Beam | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
| Draft | 7 ft 10 in (2.39 m) |
| Sail plan | schooner |
| Armament | 1 gun |
History edit
Built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by J.W. Lynn, Active was commissioned in 1867 and served her entire career homeported at New Bedford, Massachusetts.[1] She was the lead ship of the Active class of six revenue schooners built at three different yards.[2][Note 1] Active and her sister ship Resolute, also built by Lynn, were among the last strictly sail-powered cutters built for the Revenue Service.[3]
Notes edit
- Footnotes
- ^ Colton claims that the Active-class consisted of only two ships, Active and Resolute, both constructed at the Lynn shipyard. The other four cutters that Canney claims are in the Active-class were built in different yards and had different dimensions than the cutters built at the Lynn shipyard. USRC Relief and USRC Rescue were constructed by Biery & Hillman of Philadelphia and had an overall length of 92 ft (28 m); USRC Petrel and USRC Racer were built by W.H. Hawthorn of Williamsburg, New York and had an overall length of 85 ft (26 m).[4]
- Citations
- References used
- "Active, 1867". U.S. Coast Guard Cutters & Craft Index. U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
- "Record of Movements, Vessels of the United States Coast Guard, 1790–December 31, 1933" (pdf). U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Transportation.
- Canney, Donald L. (1995). U.S. Coast Guard and Revenue Cutters, 1790–1935. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland. ISBN 978-1-55750-101-1.
- Colton, Tim. "Revenue Cutters Built in the 18th and 19th Centuries". Shipbuilding History. shipbuildinghistory.com website. Retrieved 14 May 2014.