United States Coast Guard Cutter
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United States Coast Guard Cutter is the term used by the U.S. Coast Guard for its commissioned vessels. They are 65 feet (19.8 m) or greater in length and have a permanently assigned crew with accommodations aboard.[1][2] They carry the ship prefix USCGC.
History of the USCG cutters
The Revenue Marine and the Revenue Cutter Service, as it was known variously throughout the late 18th and the 19th centuries, referred to its ships as cutters. The term is English in origin and refers to a specific type of vessel, namely, "a small, decked ship with one mast and bowsprit, with a gaff mainsail on a boom, a square yard and topsail, and two jibs or a jib and a staysail."[3] With general usage, that term came to define any vessel of the United Kingdom's HM Customs and Excise and the term was adopted by the U.S. Treasury Department at the creation of what would become the Revenue Marine. Since that time, no matter what the vessel type, the service has referred to its vessels with permanently assigned crews as cutters.
First ten cutters
In 1790, Congress authorized the Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, to create a maritime service to enforce customs laws (1 Stat. L. 145, 175; 4 August 1790). Alternatively known as the system of cutters, Revenue Service, and Revenue-Marine this service was officially named the Revenue Cutter Service (12 Stat. L., 639) in 1863. This service was placed under the control of the Treasury Department. The first ten cutters were:[1][4]
- USRC Vigilant
- USRC Active
- USRC General Green
- USRC Massachusetts
- USRC Scammel
- USRC Argus
- USRC Virginia
- USRC Diligence
- USRC South Carolina
- USRC Eagle
Current USCG cutter classes and types
- 420' Icebreaker Healy (WAGB)
- 418' National Security Cutter (WMSL)
- 399' Polar-class icebreaker (WAGB)
- 360' Offshore Patrol Cutter (WMSM)
- 295' Template:USCGC (WIX)
- 282' Edenton-class salvage and rescue ship, converted to Medium Endurance Cutter (WMEC)
- 270' and 210' Medium Endurance Cutter (WMEC)
- 240' Template:USCGC (WLBB)
- 225' Seagoing Buoy Tender (WLB)
- 175' Coastal Buoy Tender (WLM)
- 160' Inland Construction Tender (WLIC)
- 154' Sentinel-class cutter (WPC)
- 140' Bay-class icebreaking tug (WTGB)
- 100' Inland Buoy Tender (WLI)
- 100' Inland Construction Tender (WLIC)
- 87' Marine Protector-class coastal patrol boat (WPB)
- 75' River Buoy Tender (WLR)
- 75' Inland Construction Tender (WLIC)
- 65' River Buoy Tender (WLR)
- 65' Inland Buoy Tender (WLI)
- 65' Small Harbor Tug (WYTL)
Historic USCG cutter classes and types
- 378' High endurance cutter (WHEC)
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- 230' Light Icebreaker, redesignated Medium Endurance Cutter (WMEC)
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- 213' Medium Endurance Cutter (WMEC)
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- 180' Seagoing buoy tender (WLB)
- 180' Oceanographic vessel (WAGO)
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- 123' Patrol boat (Deepwater Modified) (WPB)
- 110' Island-class patrol boat (WPB)
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See also
Notes
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Frequently Asked Questions". U.S. Coast Guard Historic Topics. U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Cutler, Deborah W. and Thomas J. Cutler (2005). Dictionary of Naval Terms. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland. p. 65. ISBN 978-1-59114-150-1.
- ^ Peter Kemp, ed. (1976). The Oxford Companion to Ships & the Sea. London: Oxford University Press. pp. 221–222.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Willoughby, Malcolm F. (1957). The U.S. Coast Guard in World War II. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. p. 3.
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