USRC Forward (1842)
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For other ships with the same name, see USRC Forward and USCGC Forward (WMEC-911).
USRC Walter Forward was a schooner constructed for service with the United States Revenue-Marine. She was more commonly known as USRC Forward. Forward served with the United States Army and United States Navy in Mexican waters during the Mexican–American War and was commended for her actions during the Tabasco River landings by Commodore Matthew C. Perry, U.S. Navy. After the war, she was transferred to the United States Coast Survey for a short time as USCS Walter Forward before being returned to the Revenue-Marine for service during the 1850s and the American Civil War.
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United States | |
Namesake | Walter P. Forward, 15th United States Secretary of the Treasury[1] |
Operator | United States Revenue-Marine |
Awarded | 7 December 1841 |
Builder | William Easby, Washington, D.C. |
Cost | US$3,786.75[2] |
Launched | 1842 |
Acquired | 23 April 1842 |
Commissioned | 23 June 1842[3] |
Decommissioned | 30 November 1865. |
Stricken | 1865 |
Honors and awards | U.S. Navy commendation for service in the Mexican-American War |
Fate | Sold on 30 November 1865 in Baltimore, Maryland |
General characteristics [3] | |
Type | Topsail schooner. |
Displacement | 139 tons. |
Length | 89 ft (27 m) |
Beam | 21 ft 2 in (6.45 m) |
Draft | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
Propulsion | Sail. |
Sail plan | Topsail. |
Armament | 2 × 18-pounder; 4 × 9-pounders(1845)[4] |
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