Bee, 1799
ex-Bon Père
TYPE/RIG/CLASS: Sloop
COMMISSIONED: 1799?
DECOMMISSIONED: Sold 1801
DISPLACEMENT:
PROPULSION: Sail
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BEAM:
DRAFT:
COMPLEMENT: 55
Cutter History:
The former French privateer Bon Père that was captured by USRC Eagle on 5 April 1799. The captured vessel was purchased for use as a revenue cutter for $2,050, was outfitted for service, and was renamed Bee.
She was sold in 1801.
Sources:
Cutter History File, Coast Guard Historian's Office.
Donald Canney. U.S. Coast Guard and Revenue Cutters, 1790-1935. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1995.
U.S. Coast Guard. Record of Movements: Vessels of the United States Coast Guard: 1790 - December 31, 1933. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1934; 1989 (reprint).