USRC Forward (1882)
Ship of the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USRC Forward and USCGC Forward (WMEC-911).
USRC Forward [Note 1]was a revenue cutter constructed for the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service in 1882 by Pusey & Jones shipyard in Wilmington, Delaware. She was the second Revenue Cutter Service vessel named Forward and was named for Walter Forward, the fifteenth United States Secretary of the Treasury. The iron-hulled vessel originally cost US$72,750 and was powered by a two-cylinder steam engine with a topsail schooner brigantine sail pattern. Although Forward was considered a model ship at the time of its construction, it was severely underpowered and had unreliable machinery. The cost of repairs in the first fifteen years of operation was US$52,000.[2]
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Name | USRC Forward |
Namesake | Walter Forward,[1] 15th United States Secretary of the Treasury |
Operator | U.S. Revenue Cutter Service |
Awarded | 17 November 1881[1] |
Builder | Pusey & Jones, Wilmington, Delaware[2] |
Cost | US$72,750[2] |
Commissioned | 1 November 1882[2] |
Decommissioned | 19 August 1912[2] |
Out of service |
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Fate | Sold for US$4,151, 24 October 1912[2] |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type | Topsail schooner/ Brigantine steamer |
Displacement | 267 tons |
Length | 155 ft (47 m) |
Beam | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
Draft | 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) |
Propulsion |
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Complement | 7 officers, 31 enlisted |
Armament | 2 guns of unknown type and caliber |
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