Catherine, 1918
(Venture, AB-16)
Built: Chincoteague, VA
Cost: Unknown
Machinery: Gasoline engine
Top Speed: Unknown
Length: 47'
Beam: 10' 6"
Draft: 3' 6"
Displacement: Unknown
Launched: 1918
Acquired: 5 October 1918
Decommissioned: 1940
Disposition: Sold 6 August 1923
Complement: Unknown
Armament: Unknown
Cutter History:
A wooden motorboat purchased on 5 October 1918 and originally named Catherine. The cutter was renamed Venture on 16 December 1918. The cutter was stationed at Chincoteague, VA. The order changing the name to AB-16 was apparently issued after the craft was sold.
Sources:
Donald Canney. U.S. Coast Guard and Revenue Cutters, 1790-1935. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1995.