USCGC Dexter explained

Dexter has been the name of more than one ship of the United States Revenue Cutter Service and United States Coast Guard, and may refer to:

• , a cutter in commission in the Revenue Cutter Service from 1830 to 1841
• , a cutter in commission in the Revenue Cutter Service from 1874 to 1908
• , a cutter in commission in the Coast Guard from 1925 to 1936
• , previously WAGC-18, later WHEC-385, a cutter in commission in the Coast Guard from 1946 to 1952 and from 1958 to 1968