Category:Thomas Corwin (ship, 1876)

USRC Thomas Corwin 

U.S. revenue cutter and merchant ship
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Named after	Thomas Corwin
Operator	United States Navy
Country of registry	United States of America
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Ship[edit]

• Type: Topsail schooner
• Design by:
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• Built by: Oregon Iron Works, Portland, Oregon
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• Length over all: 42,86 m
• LPP: m
• Beam: 7,32 m
• Draught: m
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• NET: 227
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• Main engine: Inverted cylinder steam engine; single propeller
• Speed: kn
• Complement: 8 officers, 33 enlisted
• Armament: 3 guns

History[edit]

• 1876 Named: THOMAS CORWIN for the U.S. Revenue Marine Flag: United States
• 17.07.1877 Commissioned in San Francisco, California, her home port during her career with the Revenue Marine. Commander Revenue Captain J. W. White.
• 30.07.1877 Sailed for Sitka, Alaska, to patrol in the Arctic Ocean,
• 1882 Participated in the controversial bombardment of the village of Angoon, Alaska, while under the command of Captain Michael Healy
• 09.04.1898 Transferred to the United States Navy during the Spanish-American War. She served in the San Diego, California area
• 15.08.1898 Returned to the Treasury Department.
• 14.02.1900 Sold to Corwin Trading Co., Pacific Coal and Transportation Co for $16,500 and used as a merchant vessel. Renamed: CORWIN Continued sailing the Bering Sea on a charter basis.
• 1901 Out of service
• 1902 In service again
• 1916 Burned in drydock