USRC General Green
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USRC General Green was one of the original ten cutters[a] built and used by the United States Revenue Cutter Service.[b][3] Although misspelled, she was named for the Revolutionary War hero Major General Nathanael Greene.[4]
History[change | change source]
The General Green was launched on July 7, 1791 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[3] She was built by shipwright David Price and stationed in the Delaware Bay.[5] Her first master was James Montegomery.[6] In 1791, her First Mate was Isaac Roach and her Second Mate was Charles Nuttle.[6] General Green was rigged as a schooner with a displacement of 98 short tons (89 t) and had a crew including four officers, four enlisted men and two cabin boys.[4] She was armed with 10 four-pounder guns.[4] Her first patrol was on July 7, 1791.[7] The General Green was sold in December, 1797.[3] She was replaced by the USRC General Green (1797) which was built to be loaned out to the United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France.[8]
Related pages[change | change source]
- USRC Vigilant (1791)
- USRC Active (1791)
- USRC Scammel (1791)
- USRC Massachusetts (1791)
- USRC Argus (1791)
- USRC Virginia (1791)
- USRC Diligence (1791)
- USRC South Carolina (1791)
- USRC Eagle (1791)
Notes[change | change source]
- ↑ The term cutter came from the boats used by Great Britain's Royal Customs Service.[1] Modern Coast Guard cutters are any larger ship no matter what the type.[1]
- ↑ Also called the Revenue Marine. Together with the United States Life-Saving Service, the United States Revenue Cutter Service formed the United States Coast Guard on 28 January 1915.[2]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Eighteenth, Nineteenth & Early Twentieth Century Revenue Cutters". United States Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ↑ Robert Scheina. "The Coast Guard At War". United States Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "The First Ten Cutters; The first commissioned U.S. Revenue cutters". United States Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "General Green, 1791". Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- ↑ Paul H. Silverstone, The Sailing Navy, 1775-1854 (London; New York: Routledge, 2006), p. 77
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Horatio Davis Smith, Early History of the United States Revenue Marine Service, ed. Elliot Snow (Washington, DC: Coast Guard Bicentennial Publication, 1989), p. 34
- ↑ "1790 - 1915: Revenue Cutters; The First Ten". Coast Guard Modeling. Archived from the original on 24 April 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- ↑ "General Green, 1797". United States Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Retrieved 18 October 2016.