USCG Anchorage and Boarding Boats ~ Shipbuilding History

USCG Anchorage and Boarding Boats

(AB)

Most recent update: December 19, 2012.

In the early years of the 20th century, the Coast Guard began acquiring small boats to handle anchorage management. Some were taken up from the private sector, some were ex-Navy SCs, some were boats operated by the Customs Bureau, (CB in the table below), and some were built for the purpose.

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	Name	Previous Name		Builder	Location	Built	Acquired	discarded	Tons	LOA	Notes
AB-1	Advance	Lucy T		Richardson boat	N. Tonawanda NY	1917	1919	1939	11	50	later CG-33
AB-2	Arrow	USS Apache	SP-729	Herreshoff Mfg.	Bristol RI	1917	1919	1925		62	to USSB
AB-3	Cossack	USS Cossack	SP-695	Geo. S. Lawley & Sons	Neponset MA	1916	1919	1924		64	burned
AB-4	Dare	USS Kathrick II	SP-148	Thibault, E. S.	Jacksonville FL	1913	1919	1924	12	40	sold
AB-5	Dash	USS Artmar III	SP-408	Nock, E. S.	Greenwich RI	1912	1919	1933	32g	63	sold
AB-6	Kangaroo	USS Kangaroo	SP-1284	Herreshoff Mfg.	Bristol RI	1917	1919	1932	12	62	sold
AB-7	Lookout	USS Miss Ann II	SP-657	Thibault, E. S.	Jacksonville FL	1915	1919	1933	12	41	sold
AB-8	Messenger	USS Marguerite	SP-193	Salisbury Marine	Salisbury MD	1916	1919	1931	33	60	destroyed
AB-9	Pioneer	USS Gurkha	SP-600	Britt Bros.	Lynn MA	1915	1919	1934	30g	59	discarded
AB-10	Relief			Geo. S. Lawley & Sons	Neponset MA	1897	1921	1933	12	47	sold
AB-11	Scout	USCS Patrol No. 2			Astoria OR	1903	1914	1930	40	61	sold
AB-12	Search			Dachel-Carter SB	Benton Harbor MI	1917	1917	1940	12	40	later CG-12
AB-13	Sentinel	Robert Morris		Richardson boat	N. Tonawanda NY	1918	1918	1923	12	45	discarded
AB-14	Sentinel	USS Tulare	SP-180	Pacific SY	Alameda CA	1917	1919	1936	15	64	discarded
AB-15	Tybee			Dialogue, J. H., & Sons	Camden NJ	1895	1895	1930	28	67	sold
AB-16	Venture				Chincoteague VA	1910	1918	1922		47	later Catherine, sold
AB-17	Vigilant			Pioneer boat	Bay City MI	1910	1923	1923	45	45	discarded
AB-18	Voyager	USS Voyager	SP-361	Pioneer boat	Bay City MI	1906	1919	1935	35	52	discarded
AB-19		USCG BN-42	BN-42	Salisbury Marine	Salisbury MD	1923	1923	1935	40	65	discarded
AB-20		USCG BN-43	BN-43	Salisbury Marine	Salisbury MD	1923	1923	1935	40	65	discarded
AB-21	M. B. Chadwick			Hayman SB	Elizabeth City NC	1923	1923	1932	40	61	sold
AB-22	Delmarva			Wyckoff & Taylor	Clinton CT	1900	1900	1934	32	47	to NRF
AB-23	Gadwell			Creef, George	Manteo NC	1913	1924	1932	12	48	sold
AB-24				Davis, M. M.	Solomons MD	1928	1928	1936	34	52	discarded
AB-25		Moto Morovich					1928	1929		42	sold
AB-25		CG-25		Geo. S. Lawley & Sons	Neponset MA	1936	1936	1979	69	63	later CG-63300, discarded
AB-26		CG-26		Geo. S. Lawley & Sons	Neponset MA	1937	1937	1979	69	63	later CG-63301, discarded
AB-27					San Francisco CA	1920	1939		23	60
AB-28	Patrol No. 2				City Island NY	1917	1917	1940	23	69	discarded
AB-29			CB-602		Brooklyn NY	1936		1940		42	discarded
AB-30			CB			1912	1934	1937		72
AB-31			CB			1914	1934	1937		66
AB-32			CB		Brooklyn NY	1931	1934	1937		36
AB-33			CB	Consolidated SB	Morris Heights NY	1928	1934	1935		34
AB-34			CB				1934
AB-35			CB				1934
AB-36		Peg	CB	Geo. S. Lawley & Sons	Neponset MA	1925	1934
AB-37		W. W. Lufkin	CB	Storey SB	Essex MA	1927	1934	1937
AB-38		Gertrud O.	CB		Lubec ME	1924	1934	1940		54
AB-39		Pueblo (CG-9271)	CB	Consolidated SB	Morris Heights NY	1930	1934	1937		65
AB-40		Gadfly	CB	Geo. S. Lawley & Sons	Neponset MA	1896	1934	1940		44
AB-41		Robert Morris	CB		Norfolk VA	1929	1934		45	65
AB-42		Retriever	CB-603			1934	1934	1936			discarded
AB-43		Pocahontas	CB-55			1934	1934	1940	12	50	discarded
AB-44		Powhattan II	CB-542		Norfolk VA	1927	1934		45	65	discarded
AB-45		Zebediah (CG-9263)	CB			1934	1934		18	44
AB-46		VC 21186	CB			1934	1934		12	44	discarded
AB-47		Miss Billy	CB-4254		Jacksonville FL	1934	1934		5	42
AB-48		Arrow	CB-04			1934	1934	1936	12
AB-49		Fidelia (CG-996)	CB-588		Pascagoula MS	1930	1934	1934	12	53
AB-50		Malvina (CG-958)	CB-4475			1934	1934	1936		42
AB-51		Kalita	CB-588		Gulfport MS	1934	1934	1936		61
AB-52		Cordelia	CB-538	Consolidated SB	Morris Heights NY	1934	1934	1938		52
AB-53			CB-4488			1934	1934	1936		36
AB-54		Q-1	CB-524	Luders Marine	Stamford CT	1934	1934	1940		62
AB-55			CB-4481			1934	1934	1936
AB-56		May	CB-481		City Island NY	1924	1934			61
AB-57		Dart (CG-904)	CB		Thomaston ME	1931	1934			48
AB-58		Cassasa	CB-4450		NS	1930	1934	1936		63	discarded
AB-59		Goodluck (CG-835)	CB-4476		Jonasport ME	1929	1934	1940	31	59
AB-60			CB		Pearl Harbor HI	1929	1934	1937		45
AB-61				Wheeler Shipbuilding	Brooklyn NY	1937	1937	1948	33	56	later CG-56300, sold
AB-62				Wheeler Shipbuilding	Brooklyn NY	1937	1937	1954	33	56	later CG-56301, to Sea Scouts
AB-63				Wheeler Shipbuilding	Brooklyn NY	1937	1937	1953	33	56	later CG-56302, to Sea Scouts
AB-64				Wheeler Shipbuilding	Brooklyn NY	1937	1937	1948	33	56	later CG-56303, sold
AB-65				Wheeler Shipbuilding	Brooklyn NY	1937	1937		33	56	later CG-56304
AB-66				Wheeler Shipbuilding	Brooklyn NY	1937	1937		33	56	later CG-56305
AB-67		ON 1099490		Al Larson Boat Yard	Terminal Island CA	1937	1937	1962	32	56	later CG-56306, to Sea Scouts as Sea Otter
AB-68		ON 560021		Al Larson Boat Yard	Terminal Island CA	1937	1937	1974	32	56	later CG-56307, sold as Lisa Lynn, Once Bitten, High Plains Drifter