USRC Active (1843)

USRC Active
History
United States
Name: USRC Active
Namesake: In action; moving; causing action or change
Completed: 1843
Commissioned: 1843
Decommissioned: 1847
General characteristics
Type: Revenue boat

USRC Active, was a revenue boat of the United States Revenue Cutter Service in commission from 1843 to 1847.[1] She was the fourth Revenue Cutter Service ship to bear the name.[2]

History

Built at Sackets Harbor, New York, in 1843, Active was based there and served on Lake Ontario. She was under the command of First Lieutenant William B. Whitehead.[1][3] She appears to have left service in 1847.[1]

Notes

Citations
  1. 1 2 3 Canney, p 19
  2. ↑ "Active, 1843", U.S. Coast Guard Cutters & Craft Index, U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office
  3. ↑ Noble, p 77
References used

  • "Active, 1843". U.S. Coast Guard Cutters & Craft Index. U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  • Canney, Donald L. (1995). U.S. Coast Guard and Revenue Cutters, 1790–1935. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland. ISBN 978-1-55750-101-1.
  • Noble, Dennis L. (1990). Historical Register U.S. Revenue Cutter Service Officers, 1790–1914 (PDF). Coast Guard Historian's Office, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, Washington, DC.
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