History | |
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United States | |
Name | USRC Relief |
Namesake | Assistance in time of difficulty. |
Builder | Bierly & Hillman, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [2] |
Cost | US$16,450 [2] |
Completed | 1867 |
Commissioned | 1867 |
Homeport | Indianola, Texas, 29 June 1867–19 July 1870 [Note 1] |
Fate | Unknown [1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Relief-class schooner |
Displacement | 120 tons |
Length | 92 ft (28 m) |
Beam | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
Draft | 7 ft (2.1 m) |
Sail plan | schooner |
Armament | 1 gun |
USRC Relief, was a revenue cutter of the United States Revenue Cutter Service in commission from 1867 to at least 1870. [2] She was the first Revenue Cutter Service ship to bear the name. [3]
Built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by Bierly & Hillman, Relief was commissioned in 1867 and served what is known of her entire career homeported at Indianola, Texas. [1] She was the lead ship of the Relief-class of two revenue schooners built to her specifications. [Note 2] Relief and her sister ship, Rescue also built by Bierly & Hillman, were among the last strictly sail-powered cutters built for the Revenue Service. [3] On 18 September Relief was transferred temporarily to Key West, Florida due to an outbreak of yellow fever in the Indianola area. She returned from Key West on 5 December 1867. On 19 July 1870, she sailed for New Orleans for scheduled repairs. No Revenue Cutter Service record exists of her movements after 19 July 1870. [1] [3]
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USRC Relief |
Namesake | Assistance in time of difficulty. |
Builder | Bierly & Hillman, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [2] |
Cost | US$16,450 [2] |
Completed | 1867 |
Commissioned | 1867 |
Homeport | Indianola, Texas, 29 June 1867–19 July 1870 [Note 1] |
Fate | Unknown [1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Relief-class schooner |
Displacement | 120 tons |
Length | 92 ft (28 m) |
Beam | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
Draft | 7 ft (2.1 m) |
Sail plan | schooner |
Armament | 1 gun |
USRC Relief, was a revenue cutter of the United States Revenue Cutter Service in commission from 1867 to at least 1870. [2] She was the first Revenue Cutter Service ship to bear the name. [3]
Built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by Bierly & Hillman, Relief was commissioned in 1867 and served what is known of her entire career homeported at Indianola, Texas. [1] She was the lead ship of the Relief-class of two revenue schooners built to her specifications. [Note 2] Relief and her sister ship, Rescue also built by Bierly & Hillman, were among the last strictly sail-powered cutters built for the Revenue Service. [3] On 18 September Relief was transferred temporarily to Key West, Florida due to an outbreak of yellow fever in the Indianola area. She returned from Key West on 5 December 1867. On 19 July 1870, she sailed for New Orleans for scheduled repairs. No Revenue Cutter Service record exists of her movements after 19 July 1870. [1] [3]