| USRC Relief (1867) |
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Career (U.S.)
Name:
USRC ReliefNamesake:
Assistance in time of difficulty.Builder:
Bierly & Hillman, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[1]Cost:
US$16,450[1]Completed:
1867Commissioned:
1867Homeport:
Indianola, Texas, 29 June 1867–19 July 1870[Note 1]Fate:
Unknown[2]
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General characteristics Class & type:
Relief-class schoonerDisplacement:
120 tonsLength:
92 ft (28 m)Beam:
20 ft (6.1 m)Draft:
7 ft (2.1 m)Sail plan:
schoonerArmament:
1 gun
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USRC Relief, was a revenue cutter of the United States Revenue Cutter Service in commission from 1867 to at least 1870.[1] She was the first Revenue Cutter Service ship to bear the name.[3]
History[]
Built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by Bierly & Hillman, Relief was commissioned in 1867 and served what is known of her entire career homeported at Indianola, Texas.[2] She was the lead ship of the Relief-class of two revenue schooners built to her specifications.[Note 2] Relief and her sister ship, Rescue also built by Bierly & Hillman, were among the last strictly sail-powered cutters built for the Revenue Service.[3] On 18 September Relief was transferred temporarily to Key West, Florida due to an outbreak of yellow fever in the Indianola area. She returned from Key West on 5 December 1867. On 19 July 1870, she sailed for New Orleans for scheduled repairs. No Revenue Cutter Service record exists of her movements after 19 July 1870.[2][3]
Notes[]
- Footnotes
- ↑ The last Revenue Service record of Relief was 19 July 1870[2]
- ↑ Colton claims that the Relief-class consisted of only two ships, Relief and USRC Rescue, both constructed at the Bierly & Hillman shipyard. Canney claims Relief was one of six cutters of the Active-class.[1] 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 Bierly & Hillman shipyard. USRC Active and USRC Resolute were constructed by J.W. Lynn of Philadelphia and had a over all length of 90 ft (27 m); USRC Petrel and USRC Racer were built by W.H. Hawthorn of Williamsburg, New York and had an over all length of 85 ft (26 m).[4]
- Citations
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Canney, p 38
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Record of Movements, p 422
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Relief, 1867", U.S. Coast Guard Cutters & Craft Index, U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office
- ↑ Colton, Tim; "Revenue Cutters Built in the 18th and 19th Centuries", Shipbuilding History, shipbuildinghistory.com website
- References used
- "Relief, 1867". U.S. Coast Guard Cutters & Craft Index. U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office. http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Relief_1867.asp. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
- "Record of Movements, Vessels of the United States Coast Guard, 1790–December 31, 1933" (pdf). U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Transportation. http://www.uscg.mil/history/articles/RecordofMovements.pdf.
- 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. http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/smallships/woc.htm. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
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