Diligence, 1797
Diligence: persistent application to one's work: assiduous effort.
Builder: Joshua Humphreys, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Length: 58' (keel)
Beam: 20'
Draft: 9'
Displacement: 135 tons
Rig: Schooner
Commissioned: 1797
Decommissioned: 1802
Disposition: ?
Complement: 65
Armament: 10 - 14 x 4 - 6-pounders
Cutter History:
The second cutter to bear the name Diligence entered service in 1797. She operated under Navy control as of September 1798 and served as part of Commodore John Barry's West Indies Squadron. However, she was apparently "unfit" for use by the Navy and was returned to her revenue service.
She was taken out of service in 1802.
Sources:
Donald Canney. U.S. Coast Guard and Revenue Cutters, 1790-1935. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1995.
Stephen H. Evans. The United States Coast Guard, 1790-1915: A Definitive History (With a Postscript: 1915-1950). Annapolis: The United States Naval Institute, 1949.
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).