Dallas, 1874
Alexander Dallas (1759-1817) served as Secretary of the Treasury under President James Madison beginning in 1814. Dallas succeeded in his efforts to establish the Second Bank of the United States, which was chartered by Congress in 1816. He retired that year after the new bank had been organized.
Builder: W. Fessenden, Portland, Maine
Rig: Schooner
Length: 140'
Beam: 21' 5"
Draft: 10' 7"
Displacement: 179 tons
Cost: $71,000
Commissioned: 28 July 1874
Decommissioned: 30 November 1907
Disposition: Sold
Machinery: Steam engine: simple inverted direct-acting engine, 30-inch stroke; 275 IHP; 720-lbs of coal per hour
Performance & Endurance:
Max: 9-1/2 knots at 70 revolutions
Cruising:
Complement: 40
Armament: 2
Cutter history:
The Dallas was built and homeported in Portland, Maine. She served on the New England coastline until her transfer to Lake Ontario in 1903. During the Spanish-American War she was ordered to "act in concert with Military authorities for defense of Boston Harbor." During each winter while on service along the Eastern seaboard, she was ordered to conduct winter cruises each year. When transferred to the Great Lakes, she was laid up during the winter months.
The Dallas was decommissioned on 30 November 1907 and was sold on July 2, 1908 for $2,100.
Photograph of the USRC Dallas, no date.
Official U.S. Coast Guard photograph
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).