Alert, 1818

April 14, 2020
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Alert, 1818 


Vigilantly attentive; watchful.


TYPE/RIG/CLASS: Schooner

COMMISSIONED: 1818

DECOMMISSIONED: Sold? 1829

DISPLACEMENT: 75 tons

PROPULSION: Sail

LENGTH: 58’ Keel

BEAM: 19’

DRAFT: 6’6"

COMPLEMENT:


Cutter History:

She was a 58-foot, 75-ton schooner built by Christian Bergh of New York for $6,000. She was constructed of live oak, red cedar, and locust, with four ports per side. She was launched in April of 1818. She was based out of Eastport, Maine, during her career. She was probably taken out of service in 1829.


Sources:

Cutter History File, Coast Guard Historian's Office.

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).