Teazer, 1830
The stoker or fireman of a furnace.
Builder: Portland, Maine
Length: 37' 3-1/2"
Beam: 11' 3"
Draft: 5' 1"
Displacement: 18-1/2 tons
Rig: Schooner
Cost: $741.00
Commissioned: 1830
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History:
Teazer was a Revenue boat purchased by the Collector of Customs, John Chandler, at Portland, Maine from a Captain Sturdivant for the authorized sum of $741 "for the use of the Revenue Service." Little else is known about this Revenue boat.
Sources:
Cutter History File. USCG Historian's Office, USCG HQ, Washington, D.C.
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).