Coast Guard Card

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Revenue Cutter

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Organization: U.S. Revenue Cutter Service

Ship Name: U.S.R.C. Massachusetts

Builders Name: Searle & Tyler Shipbuilders

City: Newburyport, Massachusetts

Cost to build: $ 2,050

Launched: July 15th, 1791

Class: Schooner

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Displacement: 70 & 43/95 Tons
Length: 60' 9"
Beam: 17' 8"
Draft: 7' 8"
Propulsion: Sail
Crew: 4 Officers, 4 Crewmen, 2 Boys
Armaments: 4 - 6 Swivel Guns

 1791 – The USRC Massachusetts is built in Newburyport and ser

1915 – The U.S. Revenue & Life Saving Services are combined to form the U.S. Coast Guard.

1965 – President Lyndon B. Johnson signs a proclamation that official

rves as the first patrol vessel to in United States Revenue Service. 

1882 – U.S. Life Saving Service establishes Station #1 on Plum Island, Newburyport.

lly establishes Newburyport as the birthplace of the U.S. Coast Guard.

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