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Independence, 1810

Feb. 1, 2021

An image of the official seal of the Revenue Cutter Service, circa 1910

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Independence, 1810

Builder: Unknown

Cost: Unknown

Length: Unknown

Beam: Unknown

Draft: Unknown

Displacement: Unknown

Keel Laid: Unknown

Launched: Unknown

Commissioned: Unknown

Decommissioned: Unknown

Disposition: Unknown

Complement: Unknown

Armament: Unknown

Cutter History:

Chartered for Great Egg Harbor, New York, this may have been a revenue boat.

Sources:

Donald Canney. U.S. Coast Guard and Revenue Cutters, 1790-1935. Annapolis: 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).