User:Cuprum17/USRC Cutters
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USRC Colfax |
| Namesake | Schuyler Colfax, 17th Vice President of the United States |
| Operator |  |
| Builder | Dialogue & Wood, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Cost | US$60,500 |
| Commissioned | 4 November 1871 |
| Decommissioned | 1 September 1899 |
| Out of service | Sold, 1924 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Displacement | 250 tons |
| Length | 140 ft (43 m) |
| Beam | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
| Draft | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
| Installed power | 1 steam engine, 34" x 9' stroke |
| Propulsion | Side wheels |
| Sail plan | Topsail schooner |
| Complement | 7 officers, 33 enlisted |
| Armament | 3 guns of unspecified caliber[1] |
USRC Colfax was a revenue cutter of the United States Revenue Cutter Service that served from 1871 to 1899. She was named for Schuyler Colfax, 17th Vice President of the United States.
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Colfax was an iron–framed top-sail schooner fitted with a single steam engine, 34 in (86 cm) x 9 ft (270 cm) stroke, powering twin side-wheels. She was constructed at the shipyard of Dialogue & Wood, Camden, New Jersey with a contract cost of US$ 60,500.[1][2] She displaced 250 tons and was 140 ft (43 m) long with a beam of 25 ft (7.6 m) and a draft of 8 ft (2.4 m).[1]
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Notes
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[edit]References used
[edit]- "Record of Movements, Vessels of the United States Coast Guard, 1790–December 31, 1933 (1989 reprint)" (pdf). U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office.
- Canney, Donald L. (1995). U.S. Coast Guard and Revenue Cutters, 1790–1935. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis. ISBN 978-1-55750-101-1.
- Evans, Stephen H. (1949). The United States Coast Guard 1790–1915: A Definitive History. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland. No ISBN
- Johnson, Robert Irwin (1987). Guardians of the Sea, History of the United States Coast Guard, 1915 to the Present. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland. ISBN 978-0-87021-720-3.