USRC Active (1867) explained

USRC Active, was a revenue cutter of the United States Revenue Cutter Service in commission from 1867 to 1875. She was the fifth Revenue Cutter Service ship to bear the name.^[1]

History

Built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by J.W. Lynn, Active was commissioned in 1867 and served her entire career homeported at New Bedford, Massachusetts. She was the lead ship of the Active class of six revenue schooners built at three different yards. Active and her sister ship, also built by Lynn, were among the last strictly sail-powered cutters built for the Revenue Service.^[1]

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References used

• Web site: Active, 1867. U.S. Coast Guard Cutters & Craft Index. U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office. 13 May 2014.
• Web site: Record of Movements, Vessels of the United States Coast Guard, 1790–December 31, 1933. U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Transportation. pdf.
• Book: Canney, Donald L.. U.S. Coast Guard and Revenue Cutters, 1790–1935. 1995. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland. 978-1-55750-101-1.
• Web site: Colton. Tim. Revenue Cutters Built in the 18th and 19th Centuries. Shipbuilding History. shipbuildinghistory.com website. 14 May 2014.

Notes and References

1. "Active, 1867", U.S. Coast Guard Cutters & Craft Index, U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office