USRC Massachusetts
A Revenue Marine cutter, possibly Massachusetts | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Massachusetts |
| Operator | Revenue Cutter Service |
| Builder | Searle & Tyler, Newburyport, Massachusetts |
| Cost | US$2,050 |
| Launched | 23 July 1791 |
| Commissioned | 1791 |
| Decommissioned | 1792 |
| Fate | Sold 9 Oct 1792 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Schooner |
| Displacement | 70 & 43/95 tons |
| Length | 60 ft (18 m) |
| Beam | 17 ft 8 in (5.38 m) |
| Draft | 7 ft 8 in (2.34 m) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Complement | 4 officers |
| Crew | 4 crewmen, 2 boys |
| Armament | 4-6 swivel guns |
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USRC Massachusetts was one of the first ten cutters operated by the Revenue-Marine (later to become the US Coast Guard). She was built in Newburyport, Massachusetts, and served out of Boston. Massachusetts by tradition is held to be the first revenue cutter to enter active service. She was also the first to be decommissioned, having a very short service life of only about 15 months before being sold.