USRC Resolute
Ship of the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service
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USRC Resolute, was a revenue cutter of the United States Revenue Cutter Service in commission from 1867 to 1872.[1] She was the only Revenue Cutter Service ship to bear the name.[3]
NameUSRC Resolute
Namesakefirmness or determination, pursuing a fixed purpose
BuilderJ.W. Lynn, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[1]
CostUS$18,500[1]
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USRC Resolute |
| Namesake | firmness or determination, pursuing a fixed purpose |
| Builder | J.W. Lynn, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[1] |
| Cost | US$18,500[1] |
| Completed | 1867 |
| Commissioned | 1867 |
| Home port | Key West, Florida, 27 July 1867–10 February 1872[2] |
| Fate | Sold 10 February 1872 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[2] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Active-class schooner |
| Displacement | 120 tons |
| Length | 90 ft (27 m) |
| Beam | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
| Draft | 7 ft 10 in (2.39 m) |
| Sail plan | schooner |
| Armament | 1 gun |
History
Built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by J.W. Lynn, Resolute was commissioned in 1867 and served her entire career homeported at Key West, Florida.[2] She was the second of the Active-class of six revenue schooners built at three different yards.[1][Note 1] Resolute and her sister ship Active, also built by Lynn, were among the last strictly sail-powered cutters built for the Revenue Service.[3]
Notes
- Colton claims that the Active-class consisted of only two ships, Active and Resolute, both constructed at the Lynn shipyard. The other four cutters that Canney claims are in the Active-class were built in different yards and had different dimensions than the cutters built at the Lynn shipyard. USRC Relief and USRC Rescue were constructed by Biery & Hillman of Philadelphia and had an overall length of 92 ft (28 m); USRC Petrel and USRC Racer were built by W.H. Hawthorn of Williamsburg, New York and had an over all length of 85 ft (26 m).[4]
