Maria, 1798
TYPE/RIG/CLASS: Schooner
COMMISSIONED: 1798
DECOMMISSIONED: Sold, December, 1800
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History:
A Postal Office schooner that had been used as a mail boat was purchased for $1,100 in 1798 by the Revenue Marine. She saw service around Norfolk, Virginia.
She was sold in December, 1800, for $309.50.
Sources:
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Washington, DC: USGPO.
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).