USCG Cruising Cutters Built or Acquired Before 1915
Most recent update: February 14, 2016.
This table attempts to list all the gunboats and cruising cutters built or acquired by the various agencies that were brought together as the US Coast Guard in 1915, ordered by the year in which they entered service. It does not include chartered vessels and it does not include vessels that are known to have been less than 50 feet in length, unless they are among the very early, historically significant, vessels. 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 | Class | Builder | Location | LDT | LOA | Built | Notes |
Active | First Ten | David Stodder | Baltimore MD | 58 | 59 | 1791 | sold 1798 |
Argus | First Ten | New London CT | 49 | 48 | 1791 | sold 1804 | |
General Green | First Ten | Philadelphia PA | 1791 | sold 1798 | |||
Massachusetts | First Ten | Newburyport MA | 70 | 61 | 1791 | sold 1792 | |
Scammel | First Ten | 52 | 58 | 1791 | sold 1798 | ||
Vigilant | First Ten | 35 | 48 | 1791 | sold 1798 | ||
Virginia | First Ten | 47 | 56 | 1791 | |||
Diligence | First Ten | Washington NC | 40 | 1792 | sold 1798 | ||
North Carolina | First Ten | 1792 | sold 1798 | ||||
Eagle | First Ten | Savannah GA | 56 | 56 | 1793 | sold 1799 | |
South Carolina | First Ten | 35 | 1793 | sold 1798 | |||
Massachusetts | Adna Bates | Cohasset MA | 50 | 1793 | sold 1804 | ||
Diligence | Joshua Humphries | Philadelphia PA | 135 | 58 | 1797 | sold 1802 | |
General Greene | William Price | Baltimore MD | 98 | 1797 | sold 1802 | ||
Eagle | Second Seven | W. & A. Brown | Philadelphia PA | 187 | 77 | 1798 | sold 1801 |
Governor Gilman | Second Seven | Hackett | Portsmouth NH | 103 | 72 | 1798 | sold 1801 |
Governor Jay | Second Seven | New York | 187 | 58 | 1798 | ||
Pickering | Second Seven | Merrill | Newburyport MA | 135 | 77 | 1798 | lost 1800 |
Pinckney | Second Seven | Charleston SC | 195 | 62 | 1798 | sold 1800 | |
Scammel | Second Seven | Hackett | Portsmouth NH | 132 | 58 | 1798 | sold 1801 |
South Carolina | Second Seven | Charleston SC | 130 | 58 | 1798 | sold 1803 | |
Bee (ex-Bon Pere) | captured 1799, sold 1801 | ||||||
Patriot | Hampton VA | 1800 | sold 1805 | ||||
Massachusetts | Boston MA | 62 | 58 | 1801 | sold 1814 | ||
St Marys | Galley | St. Marys GA | 52 | acquired from USN 1801 | |||
Governor Williams | Galley | Wilmington NC | 52 | acquired from USN 1802, lost 1806 | |||
Collector (ex-Kitty) | acquired 1802, sold 1806 | ||||||
General Greene | 1802 | sold 1808 | |||||
Jefferson | 1802 | sold 1817 | |||||
New Hampshire | Portsmouth NH | 1802 | sold 1816 | ||||
Vigilant | 1802 | sold 1807 | |||||
Diligence | 1803 | lost 1806 | |||||
Argus | 1804 | sold 1809 | |||||
Louisiana | Baltimore MD | 75 | 70 | 1804 | sold 1813 | ||
Dolly | 172 | 1805 | sold 1807 | ||||
Hornet (ex-Traveller) | 71 | acquired 1805, sold 1806 | |||||
Gallatin | 1807 | lost 1813 | |||||
Madison | Baltimore MD | 1807 | captured by Britain 1812 | ||||
Mercury | Ocracoke NC | 1807 | sold 1820 | ||||
Surveyor | Robert Parsons | Baltimore MD | 75 | 68 | 1807 | captured by Britain 1813 | |
Virginia | 75 | 1807 | |||||
Argus | 1809 | sold 1812 | |||||
Eagle | 130 | 60 | 1809 | captured by Britain 1814 | |||
General Greene | 1810 | ||||||
Commodore Barry | 98 | 1812 | captured by Britain 1812 | ||||
Vigilant | Benjamin Marble | Newport RI | 65 | 61 | 1812 | sold 1842 | |
Search | Search | Cook & Gyles | Newport RI | 65 | 61 | 1815 | sold 1820 |
Detector | Search | Cook & Gyles | Newport RI | 65 | 61 | 1815 | sold 1825 |
Gallatin | Baltimore MD | 1815 | |||||
South Carolina | Baltimore MD | 1815 | |||||
Surprise | Surprise | A & N Brown | New York | 51 | 57 | 1815 | sold 1817 |
Dallas | Surprise | A & N Brown | New York | 51 | 57 | 1816 | sold 1821 |
38 | 1816 | sold 1825 | |||||
Eagle | 79 | 1816 | sold 1829 | ||||
Monroe | Servant | Norfolk VA | 1817 | sold 1825 | |||
Alert | Christian Berg | New York | 75 | 58 | 1818 | sold 1829 | |
Hornet | 1818 | sold 1826 | |||||
Alabama | Alabama | Christian Berg | New York | 56 | 52 | 1819 | sold 1833 |
Louisiana | Alabama | Christian Berg | New York | 56 | 52 | 1819 | sold 1824 |
Lookout | 1819 | sold 1825 | |||||
Search | John Wade | Boston MA | 1820 | ||||
Crawford | New York | 1821 | lost 1829 | ||||
Florida | New York | 74 | 63 | 1822 | sold 1829 | ||
Dallas | Andrew Flanigan | Baltimore MD | 75 | 1824 | lost 1836 | ||
Marion | Marion | Baltimore MD | 115 | 79 | 1825 | to Coast Survey 1850 | |
Pulaski | Marion | Baltimore MD | 115 | 79 | 1825 | sold 1833 | |
Detector | Detector | Fisher & Webster | North Yarmouth ME | 62 | 52 | 1825 | sold 1832 |
Wasp | Detector | Fisher & Webster | North Yarmouth ME | 62 | 52 | 1825 | sold 1831 |
Louisiana | New York | 1825 | sold 1830 | ||||
Swiftsure | New York | 110 | 1825 | later Crawford, sold 1839 | |||
Benjamin Rush | Erie PA | 39 | 1828 | sold 1833 | |||
Alert | 120 | 74 | 1829 | sold 1853 | |||
Engineer | 1829 | ||||||
Portsmouth | 61 | 60 | 1829 | ex-Hiram, acquired 1829, sold 1833 | |||
Campbell | New York | 60 | 1830 | sold 1834 | |||
Crawford | Morris-Taney | Webb & Allen | Brooklyn NY | 112 | 73 | 1830 | sold 1835 |
Dexter | Morris-Taney | Webb & Allen | Brooklyn NY | 112 | 73 | 1830 | sold 1841 |
Richard Rush | Morris-Taney | Webb & Allen | Brooklyn NY | 112 | 73 | 1831 | sold 1848 |
Wolcott | Morris-Taney | Webb & Allen | Brooklyn NY | 112 | 73 | 1831 | sold 1851 |
Ingham | Morris-Taney | Webb & Allen | Brooklyn NY | 112 | 73 | 1832 | sold 1836 |
McLane | Morris-Taney | Webb & Allen | Brooklyn NY | 112 | 73 | 1832 | sold 1840 |
Washington | Morris-Taney | Webb & Allen | Brooklyn NY | 112 | 73 | 1832 | sold 1837 |
Jefferson | Morris-Taney | Webb & Allen | Brooklyn NY | 112 | 73 | 1833 | wrecked 1847 |
Taney | Morris-Taney | Webb & Allen | Brooklyn NY | 112 | 73 | 1834 | sold 1858 |
Gallatin | Morris-Taney | New York NSY | Brooklyn NY | 112 | 80 | 1830 | to Coast Survey 1849 |
Hamilton | Morris-Taney | New York NSY | Brooklyn NY | 112 | 80 | 1830 | lost 1853 |
Morris | Morris-Taney | New York NSY | Brooklyn NY | 112 | 80 | 1831 | sold 1846 |
Jackson | Morris-Taney | Washington NSY | Washington DC | 112 | 73 | 1832 | sold 1865 |
Veto | Blue Hill ME | 50 | 1832 | sold 1850 | |||
Erie | John Justice | Presque Isle PA | 60 | 1833 | sold 1849 | ||
Campbell | Leonard | Oxford MD | 40 | acquired 1834, sold 1839 | |||
Stoddert | 50 | 1834 | |||||
Washington | McCullry | Baltimore MD | 190 | 91 | 1837 | ||
Woodbury | Woodbury | L. H. Duncan | Baltimore MD | 120 | 84 | 1837 | sold 1847 |
Jefferson | Woodbury | McCulley | Baltimore MD | 120 | 84 | 1839 | sold 1843 |
Van Buren | Baltimore MD | 112 | 80 | 1839 | sold 1847 | ||
Ewing | Baltimore MD | 170 | 91 | 1841 | to Coast Survey 1849 | ||
Forward | William Easby | Washington DC | 139 | 89 | 1842 | sold 1865 | |
Nautilus | Baltimore MD | 76 | 1838 | from Coast Survey 1843, returned 1849 | |||
Vigilant | Webb & Curtis | New York | 50 | 56 | 1843 | lost 1844 | |
Spencer | Spencer | West Point Foundry | West Point NY | 400 | 160 | 1844 | lightship 1848 |
Legare | Spencer | Henry R. Dunham | New York NY | 400 | 160 | 1844 | to Coast Survey 1847 |
Tyler | Spencer | Fort Pitt Foundry | Pittsburgh PA | 409 | 160 | 1845 | to Coast Survey 1847 |
Jefferson | Spencer | Fort Pitt Foundry | Pittsburgh PA | 343 | 160 | 1845 | to Coast Survey 1849 |
Dallas | Spencer | Fort Pitt Foundry | Pittsburgh PA | 391 | 160 | 1846 | to Coast Survey 1849 |
Walker | Spencer | Fort Pitt Foundry | Pittsburgh PA | 400 | 160 | 1847 | to Coast Survey 1847 |
McLane | Spencer | Cyrus Alger | Boston MA | 368 | 160 | 1845 | sold 1847 |
Polk | Spencer | Cyrus Alger | Boston MA | 409 | 160 | 1845 | sold 1847 |
Lawrence | William Easby | Washington DC | 144 | 96 | 1848 | lost 1851 | |
Morris | Morris | Brown & Cottrell | Baltimore MD | 155 | 102 | 1848 | sold 1868 |
Campbell | Morris | Graves & Ferrebee | Portsmouth VA | 155 | 102 | 1849 | sold 1869 |
Crawford | Morris | Jacob Tees | Philadelphia PA | 155 | 102 | 1849 | sold 1869 |
Duane | Morris | Jacob Tees | Philadelphia PA | 155 | 102 | 1849 | captured by CSA 1861 |
Harrison | Harrison | John Carrick | Erie PA | 115 | 1849 | sold 1856 | |
Ingham | Harrison | John Carrick | Erie PA | 115 | 1849 | sold 1856 | |
Cushing | Cushing | J. M. Hood | Somerset MA | 136 | 86 | 1853 | captured by CSA 1863 |
Campbell | Cushing | J. M. Hood | Somerset MA | 152 | 81 | 1853 | lost 1916 |
Dobbin | Cushing | J. M. Hood | Somerset MA | 174 | 94 | 1853 | sold 1881 |
Jefferson Davis | Cushing | J. M. Hood | Somerset MA | 174 | 94 | 1853 | to USPHS 1861 |
Marcy | Cushing | J. M. Hood | Somerset MA | 174 | 94 | 1853 | to Coast Survey 1862 |
McClelland | Cushing | J. M. Hood | Somerset MA | 174 | 94 | 1853 | captured by CSA 1861 |
Dodge | Allen | Page & Allen | Portsmouth VA | 93 | 80 | 1855 | captured by CSA 1861 |
Cass | Allen | Page & Allen | Portsmouth VA | 93 | 80 | 1855 | captured by CSA 1861 |
Allen | Allen | Page & Allen | Portsmouth VA | 93 | 80 | 1855 | |
Black | Black | Merry & Gay | Milan OH | 50 | 57 | 1857 | captured by CSA 1861 |
Brown | Black | Merry & Gay | Milan OH | 50 | 57 | 1857 | sold 1864 |
Cobb | Black | Merry & Gay | Milan OH | 50 | 57 | 1857 | lost 1861 |
Floyd | Black | Merry & Gay | Milan OH | 50 | 57 | 1857 | sold 1864 |
Thompson | Black | Merry & Gay | Milan OH | 50 | 57 | 1857 | sold 1870 |
Toucey | Black | Merry & Gay | Milan OH | 50 | 57 | 1857 | sold 1859 |
Harriet Lane | William Webb | New York | 674 | 180 | 1858 | captured by CSA 1863 | |
Aaron V. Brown | 1861 | sold 1864 | |||||
Agassiz | Baltimore MD | 62 | 58 | from Coast Survey 1861, returned 1865 | |||
Arago | 90 | from Coast Survey 1861, returned 1861 | |||||
Bibb | Boston NSY | Charlestown MA | 366 | 150 | 1847 | from Coast Survey 1861, returned 1861 | |
Hercules | Hercules | 100 | 1861 | sold 1864 | |||
Reliance | Hercules | 100 | 1861 | sold 1865 | |||
Tiger | Hercules | 100 | 1861 | sold 1865 | |||
Varina | from Coast Survey 1861, returned 1865 | ||||||
Flora | B. C. Terry | Keyport NJ | 281 | 162 | 1854 | acquired 1854, renamed Nemaha 1864, lost 1868 | |
Miami | Scotland | 213 | 115 | ex-Lady LeMarchand, acquired 1862, sold 1871 | |||
Naugatuck | Henry R. Dunham | New York | 120 | 101 | 1844 | acquired 1862 | |
Bronx | Brooklyn NY | 220 | 119 | 1863 | ex-Andrews, acquired 1863, foundered 1873 | ||
Cuyahoga | Westervelt NY | 536 | 139 | 1854 | ex-Santa Anna, acquired 1863, sold 1867 | ||
Ashuelot | Pawtuxet | Englis | New York | 350 | 138 | 1863 | sold 1876 |
Kewanee | Pawtuxet | J. A. Robb | Baltimore MD | 350 | 138 | 1863 | sold 1867 |
Mahoning | Pawtuxet | J. W. Lynn | Philadelphia PA | 350 | 138 | 1863 | sold 1915 |
Pawtuxet | Pawtuxet | Thomas Stark | New York | 350 | 138 | 1863 | sold 1867 |
Wayanda | Pawtuxet | Fardy & Bro. | Baltimore MD | 350 | 138 | 1863 | sold 1874 |
Antietam | Pawtuxet | Fardy & Bro. | Baltimore MD | 350 | 138 | 1864 | sold 1867 |
Kankakee | Pawtuxet | Gray | Westervelt NY | 350 | 138 | 1864 | sold 1867 |
Northerner | Newburgh NY | 320 | 135 | acquired 1864, Ewing, to USPHS 1892 | |||
Seward | Wilmington DE | 240 | 137 | 1864 | sold 1901 | ||
Commodore Perry | Wright & Whitaker | Buffalo NY | 404 | 166 | 1865 | sold 1883 | |
Delaware | Harlan & Hollingsworth | Wilmington DE | 350 | 153 | 1861 | ex-Virginia Dare, acquired 1865, McLane, sold 1903 | |
Dix | J. Murphy | Newburgh NY | 290 | 144 | 1865 | sold 1872 | |
Lincoln | Fardy & Bro. | Baltimore MD | 550 | 165 | 1865 | sold 1874 | |
Moccasin (ex-Hero) | Philadelphia PA | 182 | 104 | 1864 | acquired from USN 1865, sold 1890 | ||
Nansemond (ex-Freeborn) | New York | 325 | 146 | 1862 | acquired from USN 1865, Crawford, sold 1897 | ||
Uno (ex-Juniper) | Camden NJ | 116 | 79 | acquired from USN 1865, sold 1906 | |||
Wilderness (ex-Creary) | 390 | 137 | 1863 | acquired from USN 1865, Dix, sold 1891 | |||
Chase | Chase | James Murphy | Brooklyn NY | 500 | 170 | 1865 | sold 1875 |
Johnson | Chase | J, & R. Gray | Buffalo NY | 500 | 172 | 1865 | sold 1897 |
Fessenden | Chase | Peck & Kirby | Cleveland OH | 500 | 172 | 1865 | sold 1907 |
McCulloch | Chase | Fardy & Bro. | Baltimore MD | 500 | 178 | 1865 | sold 1876 |
Sherman | Chase | Peck & Kirby | Cleveland OH | 500 | 172 | 1866 | sold 1872 |
Hamlin (ex-Mills) | Boston MA | 65 | 85 | 1864 | acquired 1866, sold 1899 | ||
Jasmine (ex-Van Houten) | Brooklyn NY | 120 | 79 | 1866 | acquired from USN 1866, Chandler, sold 1903 | ||
Mosswood | 140 | 123 | acquired from USA 1866, McCulloch, sold 1888 | ||||
J. W. Lynn | Philadelphia PA | 120 | 90 | 1867 | sold 1875 | ||
Resolute | J. W. Lynn | Philadelphia PA | 120 | 90 | 1867 | sold 1872 | |
Petrel | Petrel | W. H. Hathord | Williamsburg NY | 120 | 85 | 1867 | sold 1873 |
racer | Petrel | W. H. Hathord | Williamsburg NY | 120 | 85 | 1867 | sold 1873 |
Reliance | Reliance | Fardy & Bro. | Baltimore MD | 227 | 110 | 1867 | sold 1875 |
Vigilant | Reliance | Fardy & Bro. | Baltimore MD | 227 | 110 | 1867 | |
Relief | Relief | Birely, Hillman | Philadelphia PA | 120 | 92 | 1867 | |
rescue | Relief | Birely, Hillman | Philadelphia PA | 120 | 92 | 1867 | sold 1874 |
Guthrie (ex-Loane) | 69 | 85 | acquired 1868, sold 1882 | ||||
Colfax | Dialogue & Wood | Philadelphia PA | 250 | 140 | 1864 | acquired 1871, sold 1924 | |
Fern | Delamater | New York | 548 | 160 | 1871 | to USN 1891 | |
Gallatin | David Bell | Buffalo NY | 250 | 137 | 1871 | sank 1892 | |
Grant | Pusey & Jones | Wilmington DE | 350 | 163 | 1871 | sold 1906 | |
Hamilton | David Bell | Buffalo NY | 250 | 133 | 1871 | sold 1906 | |
Stevens | sold 1890 | ||||||
Boutwell | David Bell | Buffalo NY | 198 | 138 | 1873 | sold 1907 | |
Manhattan | Chas. Widener | Chester PA | 147 | 102 | 1873 | later Arundel, sold 1928 | |
Wolcott | Risdon IW | San Francisco CA | 235 | 155 | 1873 | sold 1897 | |
Dallas | Dexter | W. Fessenden | Portland ME | 179 | 140 | 1874 | sold 1908 |
Dexter | Dexter | Atlantic IW | Boston MA | 179 | 140 | 1874 | sold 1908 |
Rush | Dexter | Atlantic IW | Boston MA | 179 | 140 | 1874 | rebuilt 1885 |
Hartley | Risdon IW | San Francisco CA | 65 | 64 | 1875 | sold 1919 | |
Corwin | Oregon IW | Portland OR | 227 | 141 | 1876 | sold 1900 | |
Tench Coxe | William T. Maister | Baltimore MD | 39 | 71 | 1876 | sold 1893 | |
Salmon P. Chase | Thomas Brown | Philadelphia PA | 142 | 115 | 1878 | to USPHS 1907 | |
Forward | Pusey & Jones | Wilmington DE | 267 | 155 | 1882 | sold 1912 | |
Guthrie | Ramsey, H. A. | Baltimore MD | 126 | 85 | 1882 | sold 1894 | |
Fessenden | Union Drydock | Buffalo NY | 330 | 192 | 1883 | sold 1907 | |
Penrose (ex-Josie R) | Tottenville NY | 38 | 67 | acquired 1883, sold 1924 | |||
Perry | Union Drydock | Buffalo NY | 282 | 165 | 1884 | lost 1910 | |
Bear | Alex. Stephen | Dundee, Scotland | 703 | 198 | 1874 | acquired 1885, museum 1929 | |
Rush | Hall Brothers | San Francisco CA | 300 | 175 | 1885 | sold 1913 | |
Morrill | Pusey & Jones | Wilmington DE | 288 | 145 | 1889 | sold 1928 | |
Winona | Pusey & Jones | Wilmington DE | 321 | 148 | 1890 | sold 1915 | |
Galveston | Reeder & Sons | Baltimore MD | 416 | 190 | 1891 | later Apache, scrapped 1950 | |
Sperry | sold 1905 | ||||||
Hudson | John H. Dialogue | Camden NJ | 128 | 95 | 1893 | sold 1935 | |
Guthrie | Spedden Sbldg. | Baltimore MD | 149 | 87 | 1895 | sold 1942 | |
Tybee | John H. Dialogue | Camden NJ | 28 | 67 | 1895 | sold 1930 | |
Guard | 22 | 65 | 1896 | sold 1912 | |||
Scout | Port Townsend WA | 22 | 65 | 1896 | sold 1915 | ||
Windom | Iowa IW | Dubuque IA | 670 | 171 | 1896 | later Comanche, sold 1930 | |
McCulloch | McCulloch | Cramp Shipbuilding | Philadelphia PA | 1,280 | 219 | 1897 | sank 1917 |
Gresham | McCulloch | Globe Iron Works | Cleveland OH | 1,090 | 205 | 1897 | later WPG-85, sold 1944 as T. V. McAllister, Trade Winds 1947, Hatikva 1949, scrapped 1951 |
Algonquin | McCulloch | Globe Iron Works | Cleveland OH | 1,090 | 205 | 1898 | sold 1930 |
Onondaga | McCulloch | Globe Iron Works | Cleveland OH | 1,090 | 205 | 1898 | sold 1924 |
Manning | McCulloch | Atlantic Iron Works | East Boston MA | 1,150 | 205 | 1898 | sold 1930 |
Nunivak | William H. Birch | San Francisco CA | 486 | 209 | 1899 | sold 1901 | |
Thetis | Alex. Stephen | Dundee, Scotland | 1,250 | 188 | 1881 | acquired 1899, sold 1916 | |
Seminole | Columbian Iron Works | Baltimore MD | 845 | 188 | 3 Sep 1900 | sold 1934 | |
Tuscarora | Trigg, William R. | Richmond VA | 620 | 178 | 27 Dec 1902 | sold 1936 | |
Mohawk | Trigg, William R. | Richmond VA | 980 | 205 | 10 May 1904 | sank off NJ 1917 | |
McCulloch | Cramp Shipbuilding | Philadelphia PA | 1,280 | 219 | 1897 | later WPG-3, sank 1917 | |
Androscroggin | Rodermond SB | Tompkins Cove NY | 1,200 | 185 | 8 Jul 1908 | later WPG-14, sold 1922 | |
Pamlico | Pusey & Jones | Wilmington DE | 455 | 158 | 26 Jul 1907 | later WPG-15, sold 1947 | |
Snohomish | Pusey & Jones | Wilmington DE | 800 | 138 | 15 Nov 1908 | later WPG-16, sold 1934 | |
Seneca | Newport News Sbldg. | Newport News VA | 1,445 | 202 | 12 Nov 1908 | later WPG-17, sold 1936 | |
Acushnet | Newport News Sbldg. | Newport News VA | 800 | 138 | 6 Nov 1908 | later WPG-18, to USN as AT-63 | |
Tahoma | New York ship | Camden NJ | 1,215 | 192 | 28 Oct 1908 | later WPG-20, ran aground and sank 1914 | |
Yamacraw | New York ship | Camden NJ | 1,215 | 192 | 15 Jan 1909 | later WPG-21, sold 1937 | |
Miami | Newport News Sbldg. | Newport News VA | 1,180 | 190 | 19 Aug 1912 | later WPG-51, Tampa, lost 1918 | |
Unalga | Newport News Sbldg. | Newport News VA | 1,180 | 190 | 23 May 1912 | later WPG-53, scrapped 1946 | |
Ossipee | Newport News Sbldg. | Newport News VA | 964 | 165 | 28 Jul 1915 | later WPG-50, scrapped 1949 | |
Tallapoosa | Newport News Sbldg. | Newport News VA | 912 | 165 | 12 Aug 1915 | later WPG-52, scrapped 1946 |