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USRC Massachusetts II (1793)

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Name
  
Massachusetts II

Cost
  
US$1,600

Class and type
  
Sloop

Operator
  
Revenue Cutter Service

Completed
  
June 1793

Builder
  
Cohasset

USRC Massachusetts II (1793)

Fate
  
Sold June 1804 for US$900

Massachusetts II was a small sloop operated by the Revenue-Marine used in the collection of customs duties. She was completed in June 1793 and replaced Massachusetts, one of the first ten cutters of the Revenue-Marine, when it was determined that the older ship was too large and slow to perform her assigned tasks. Massachusetts II was constructed by Adna Bates of Cohasset, Massachusetts for a cost of US$1,600. Her area of operation was along the Massachusetts coast as a smaller less expensive replacement to the original Massachusetts. When the original Massachusetts was sold at auction, the second and third mates were discharged and Massachusetts II was manned by two officers and four crewmen.

Massachusetts II was sold in June 1804 for US$900.

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USRC Massachusetts II (1793) Wikipedia


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