USCG Tenders Built or Acquired Before 1915 ~ Shipbuilding History

USCG Tenders Built or Acquired Before 1915

Most recent update: April 26, 2019.

This table lists those tenders and other service vessels that were built for or acquired by the various agencies that were brought together as the US Coast Guard in 1915. It does not include chartered vessels or vessels that were less than 50 feet in length. There are many gaps in the historical data and in some cases a vessel's size is not known or it is not clear whether it was built for the service or acquired from a commercial owner.

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Name	Builder	Location	LDT	LOA	Built	Acquired	Notes
Sunbeam			100			1852	sold 1870
Franklin Pierce (ex-Zendrico)			80			1853	sold 1865
Heroine			70			1853	returned 1855
Lookout	Doyle & Irwin	Elizabeth City VA			1853	1853	sold 1858
Spray			48			1853	sold 1879
Wave			77	65	1853	1853	sold 1861
William R. King (ex-The Knight)			81		1853	1853	captured by CSA 1861
Elizabeth						1854
Fairy			30			1854	lost 1854
George Steers			61	63	1854	1854	sold 1861
Pharos (ex-H. H. Talman)						1854	sold 1908
Aiken (ex-Eclipse)			83			1855	captured by CSA 1861
Alert (ex-Lookout)						1855	captured by CSA 1861
Bowen		Baltimore MD	75	77	1853	1855	lost 1872
Governor Aiken					1855	1855	sold 1858
North Wind						1855	captured by CSA 1861
					1856	1856	sold 1866
Challenge						1856	later Lamplighter, sold 1862
Delaware			138		1856	1856	later Wave, sold 1879
Lenox			710		1850	1856	sold 1857
Vigilant (ex-Mirror)					1856	1856	sold 1866
Watchful (ex-Skylark)			146		1856	1856	sold 1867
Howell Cobb		New York	90		1857	1857	captured by CSA 1861
Firefly			85	75		1852	later Jasper, captured by CSA 1861
Minot			60		1857	1857	sold 1860
Ranger			77			1857	sold 1865
Shubrick	Philadelphia NSY	Philadelphia PA	305	141	1857	1857	sold 1886
Van Santvoort			110	100	1853	1857	later Coeur de Lion, sold 1866
Appleton	Page & Allen	Portsmouth VA	35		1858	1858	wrecked 1861
Helen						1858	captured by CSA 1861
Granite			75		1860	1860	sold 1866
Chase			57		1856	1861	sold 1860
Martha			40			1862	captured by CSA 1864
Belle (ex-Belle Stevens)		St. Joseph MI	115	88	1863	1863	sold 1874
Dupont (ex-Anna Deane)						1863	captured from CSA 1863, sold 1870
Cactus (ex-Polar Star)		Brooklyn NY	242	141	1863	1865	sold 1909
Chaos			57		1865	1865	sold 1866
General Putnam (ex-Putnam)		Brooklyn NY			1957	1865	sold 1893
Geranium (ex-John A. Dix)		Newburgh NY	356	128	1863	1865	sold 1910
Heliotrope (ex-Maggie Baker)			239	134	1863	1865	sold 1881
Iris (ex-Willet Rowe)		Brooklyn NY	281	87	1863	1865	sold 1892
Haze (ex-Merchant)	Henry Mallory	Mystic CT	328	137		1867	sold 1905
Narragansett					1862	1867	later Mignonette, lost 1887
Sunrise			12		1867	1867	sold 1875
Sunset			12		1867	1867	sold 1875
Susan			12		1867	1867	sold 1875
Maggie			95	81		1868	sold 1879
Tulip (ex-Seymour)	B. C. Terry	Keyport NJ	169	120	1860	1865	sold 1881
Alanthus	Cramp SB	Philadelphia PA	295	135	1870	1870	sold 1882
Verbena	Cramp SB	Philadelphia PA	295	135	1870	1870	sold 1911
General Poe	Birely, Hillman	Philadelphia PA	231	60	1870	1870
Ivy (ex-Commodore)			231	60	1865	1870	sold 1875
Rose			36	64	1870	1870	sold 1881
Arbutus (ex-Aaron Wilbur)	B. C. Terry	Keyport NJ		125	1862	1871	sold 1875
Magnolia (ex-George E. Smoot)			118	97		1871	sold 1882
Violet (ex-Martha Washington)		Elizabethport NJ	231	107	1864	1871	sold 1910
Warrington	J. M. Jones	Detroit MI	410	260	1868	1870	sold 1910
Dandelion (ex-C. W. Thomas)		Boston MA	264	132	1863	1872	sold 1878
Mistletoe	Robinson Hoffman	Chester PA	476	137	1872	1872	sold 1922
Myrtle	Birely, Hillman	Philadelphia PA	542	140	1872	1872	sold 1922
Atlantic					1873	1873	to Coast Survey
Daisy (ex-On Time)			44	91	1869	1873	to Coast Survey 1885
Dahlia	Neafie & Levy	Philadelphia PA	426	141	1874	1874	sold 1909
Lily		Jeffersonville IN	507	178	1875	1875	wrecked 1911
Laurel	Columbian IW	Baltimore MD	320	134	1876	1876	sold 1909
Pansy	Baird & Huston	Philadelphia PA	454	152	1878	1878	sold 1933
Pink (ex-Louisa)			23	74	1875	1878	sold 1881
Arbutus	William T. Maister	Baltimore MD		153	1879	1879	sold 1925
Nettle		New York	22	58	1879	1879	sold 1911
Joseph Henry	Howard's SY	Jeffersonville IN	453	180	1880	1880	sold 1904
Manzanita	H. A. Ramsey	Baltimore MD	484	152	1880	1880	sold 1908
Holly	Maister & Reaney	Baltimore MD	499	156	1881	1881	sold 1931
Jessamine	Maister & Reaney	Baltimore MD	499	156	1881	1881	sold 1922
Ivy (ex-La Belle)			48	100	1880	1880	sold 1888
Wistaria	Pusey & Jones	Wilmington DE	450	167	1882	1882	to USPHS 1911
Grace Darling			107	92		1883	later Rose, sold 1899
John Rodgers	Ward, Stanton	Newburgh NY	571	160	1883	1883	sold 1922
Madroï¿½o	John H. Dialogue	Camden NJ	806	180	1885	1885	sold 1927
Gardenia (ex-Beale)		East Deering ME	245	117		1888	sold 1919
Goldenrod	Sweeney & Bros.	Jeffersonville IN	283	150	1888	1888	sold 1924
Zizania	H. A. Ramsey	Brooklyn NY	643	161	1888	1888	sold 1925
Clover	William McKie	East Boston MA	440	126	1889	1889	sold 1900
Armeria	John H. Dialogue	Camden NJ	1,052	202	1890	1890	wrecked 1912
Marigold	Detroit Dry Dock	Wyandotte MI	587	159	1890	1890	sold 1946
Thistle (ex-Cynthia)	John C. Froelich	Baltimore MD	32	60	1890	1890	sold 1912
Azalea	Johnson Foundry	New York	516	154	1891	1891	sold 1933
Laurel		Baltimore MD	312	134	1891	1891	sold 1898
Amaranth	Cleveland SB	Cleveland OH	1,125	166	1892	1892	sold 1946
Columbine	Globe IW	Cleveland OH	643	155	1892	1892	sold 1927
Lilac	Globe IW	Cleveland OH	643	155	1892	1892	sold 1925
Maple	Moore & Sons	Elizabethport NJ	799	164	1893	1893	sold 1933
Leal		New York NY	5	25	1894	1894	sold 1907
Daisy (ex-Genevieve)	Edward Clark	New Bedford MA	84	54	1872	1895	sold 1928
Water Lily	Gas Engine & Power	Morris Heights NY	39	69	1895	1895	sold 1929
Snowdrop	Gas Engine & Power	Morris Heights NY	39	69	1897	1897	sold 1924
Mangrove	Crescent SY	Elizabethport NJ	821	164	1897	1897	scrapped 1947
Mayflower	Bath Iron Works	Bath ME	650	164	1897	1897	later Hydrangea, sold 1945
Iris (ex-Plymouth)	Neafie & Levy	Philadelphia PA	606	153	1897	1899	sold 1934