Name USRC Active Completed 1867 Length 27 m | Cost US$18,500 Commissioned 1867 Weight 121.9 tons | |
Namesake In action; moving; causing action or change Builder J.W. Lynn, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||
USRC Active, was a revenue cutter of the United States Revenue Cutter Service in commission from 1867 to 1875. She was the fifth Revenue Cutter Service ship to bear the name.
History
Built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by J.W. Lynn, Active was commissioned in 1867 and served her entire career homeported at New Bedford, Massachusetts. She was the lead ship of the Active-class of six revenue schooners built at three different yards. Active and her sister ship Resolute, also built by Lynn, were among the last strictly sail-powered cutters built for the Revenue Service.
References
USRC Active (1867) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA