Relief, 1867

Nov. 2, 2020
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Relief, 1867


Assistance in time of difficulty.


Builder: Bierly, Hillman and Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Length: 92'

Beam: 20'

Draft: 7'

Displacement: 120 tons

Cost: $16,450

Commissioned: 1867

Decommissioned: 1870?

Disposition: ?

Rig: Schooner

Machinery: N/A

Performance & Endurance:

        Max: 
        Cruising: 

Complement: 

Armament: 1 gun


History:

Relief was one of two 120-ton 92-foot schooners built for the Service by Bierly, Hillman and Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the other being the Rescue.  They were among the last strictly sail-powered cutters built for the Service.

Relief was stationed at Indianola, Texas.  She disappeared from the records in 1870, as such her ultimate fate remains unknown.


Sources:

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).