Pinckney, 1798
Charles C. Pinckney, born at Charleston, S.C., in 1746, served in the South Carolina colonial and state legislatures and as a delegate to the Federal Convention, 1787, and was appointed Minister to France in July 1796. Refused official recognition by the Directory that year, he was appointed, with Elbridge Gerry and John Marshall, to serve on a special mission to France in 1797 which gave rise to the “XYZ Affair”. From 1798 to 1800 he commanded U.S. Military Forces south of Maryland and including Kentucky and Tennessee. He died at Charleston in 1825.
Builder: William Pritchard, Charleston, South Carolina
Length: 62' (keel)
Beam: 23'
Draft: 10' 6"
Displacement: 195 tons
Rig: Brigatine
Cost: $
Commissioned: 1798 (USN)
Decommissioned: 1800
Disposition: Sold
Complement:?
Armament: 18 guns
History:
The brigantine Pinckney was purchased at Charleston, South Carolina in 1798 for use in the Revenue Cutter Service but was taken over by the Navy while still on the stocks. She served in the West Indies Squadron under Captain Thomas Tingey. Commanded until 31 October 1798 by Captain George Cross, then by Captain Samuel Haywood, she remained with the West Indies Squadron through 1799. The following year she was sold.
Sources:
Donald Canney. U.S. Coast Guard and Revenue Cutters, 1790-1935. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1995.
Cutter History File. USCG Historian's Office, USCG HQ, Washington, D.C.
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Washington, DC: USGPO.
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).