Guard, 1896

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Guard, 1896

Builder:

Length: 65'

Beam: 9' 6"

Draft: 4' 6"

Displacement: 22 tons

Cost: $

Commissioned: 19 August 1896

Decommissioned: 1912

Disposition: Sold

Machinery: Compound-expansion steam engine

Performance & Endurance:
Max: 10 knots
Cruising:

Complement: 6

Armament: None

Coast Guard history:

This harbor vessel served in the waters off the coast of Washington State. On 16 November 1899 "vessel to be known as No. 1 and attached to GRANT." On 13 April 1901 "vessel to be known as GUARD, with headquarters at Port Townsend, Washington." On 25 January 1902 "vessel to be known as No. 1 and attached to GRANT."

She was sold for $603 and was replaced with a vessel by the same name.

Sources:

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).