USRC Resolute explained

USRC Resolute, was a revenue cutter of the United States Revenue Cutter Service in commission from 1867 to 1872. She was the only Revenue Cutter Service ship to bear the name.^[1]

History

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

References

• Web site: Record of Movements, Vessels of the United States Coast Guard, 1790–December 31, 1933. U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Transportation. pdf.
• Web site: Resolute, 1867. U.S. Coast Guard Cutters & Craft Index. U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office. 13 May 2014.
• 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. "Resolute, 1867", U.S. Coast Guard Cutters & Craft Index, U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office