USCGC Morris

	Active class patrol boat, 1962
History
United States
Name	USCGC Morris
Namesake	Robert Morris
Operator	U.S. Coast Guard ; (1927-1941); (1946-1971); U.S. Navy; (1941-1946); Sea Scouts ; (1971-2015); Liberty Maritime Museum ; (2015-2021); Vietnam Aviation Museum, Galveston, Texas; (2021-present);
Builder	American Brown Boveri Electric Corporation, Camden, New Jersey
Cost	US$63,163
Launched	4 April 1927
Commissioned	19 April 1927
Decommissioned	7 August 1971
Identification	MMSI number: 367323170; Callsign: WDE2300; Pennant number: WSC/WMEC-147;
Fate	Donated to Liberty Maritime Museum
Status	Museum ship at Sacramento River
General characteristics
Class & type	Active-class patrol boat
Displacement	232 tons (trial)
Length	125 ft (38 m)
Beam	23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)
Draft	7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
Installed power	After 1938 re-engining: 1,200 brake horsepower (0.9 megawatt)
Propulsion	As built: Two 6-cylinder 300 brake horsepower diesel engines; After 1938 re-engining: Two 800 brake horsepower General Motors diesel engines;
Speed	As built: 10 knots; In 1945: 12 knots (maximum); 7 knots (economical);
Range	In 1945: 2,900 nautical miles (5,370 kilometers) at 10 knots; 4,000 nautical miles (7,400 kilometers) at 7 knots
Complement	20 (3 officers, 17 enlisted men) (1930); 46 (5 officers, 41 men) (1945);
Sensors &; processing systems	Sonar (1945) QCO-1; Detection radar (1960) SPS-23;
Armament	In 1927: 1 x 3-inch (76.2-millimeter) 23-caliber gun; In 1941: 2 x depth charge tracks; In 1945: 1 x 3-inch (76.2-mm) 23-caliber gun, 2 x single 20-mm 80-caliber gun mounts, 2 x depth charge tracks, 2 x Mousetraps1 x 3-inch (76.2-mm) 23-caliber gun1 x 3-inch (76.2-mm) 23-caliber gun; In 1960: 1 x single 40-mm 60-caliber antiaircraft gun mount;

USCGC Morris (WSC-147), was a 125 ft (38 m) United States Coast Guard Active-class patrol boat in commission from 1927 to 1971. She was named for Robert Morris, (1734–1806) who was appointed in 1789 as United States Senator from Pennsylvania. In May 1966, she was redesignated as (WMEC-147).

History
Active class patrol boat, 1962
United States
Name	USCGC Morris
Namesake	Robert Morris
Operator	U.S. Coast Guard (1927-1941) (1946-1971) U.S. Navy (1941-1946) Sea Scouts (1971-2015) Liberty Maritime Museum (2015-2021) Vietnam Aviation Museum, Galveston, Texas (2021-present)
Builder	American Brown Boveri Electric Corporation, Camden, New Jersey
Cost	US$63,163
Launched	4 April 1927
Commissioned	19 April 1927
Decommissioned	7 August 1971
Identification	MMSI number: 367323170 Callsign: WDE2300 Pennant number: WSC/WMEC-147
Fate	Donated to Liberty Maritime Museum
Status	Museum ship at Sacramento River
General characteristics
Class & type	Active-class patrol boat
Displacement	232 tons (trial)
Length	125 ft (38 m)
Beam	23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)
Draft	7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
Installed power	After 1938 re-engining: 1,200 brake horsepower (0.9 megawatt)
Propulsion	As built: Two 6-cylinder 300 brake horsepower diesel engines After 1938 re-engining: Two 800 brake horsepower General Motors diesel engines
Speed	As built: 10 knots In 1945: 12 knots (maximum); 7 knots (economical)
Range	In 1945: 2,900 nautical miles (5,370 kilometers) at 10 knots; 4,000 nautical miles (7,400 kilometers) at 7 knots
Complement	20 (3 officers, 17 enlisted men) (1930) 46 (5 officers, 41 men) (1945)
Sensors & processing systems	Sonar (1945) QCO-1 Detection radar (1960) SPS-23
Armament	In 1927: 1 x 3-inch (76.2-millimeter) 23-caliber gun In 1941: 2 x depth charge tracks In 1945: 1 x 3-inch (76.2-mm) 23-caliber gun, 2 x single 20-mm 80-caliber gun mounts, 2 x depth charge tracks, 2 x Mousetraps1 x 3-inch (76.2-mm) 23-caliber gun1 x 3-inch (76.2-mm) 23-caliber gun In 1960: 1 x single 40-mm 60-caliber antiaircraft gun mount