Rescue, 1867
Recovery or preservation from loss or danger.
Builder: Bierly, Hillman and Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Length: 92'
Beam: 20'
Draft: 7'
Displacement: 120 tons
Cost: $16,450
Commissioned: 1867
Decommissioned: 1874
Disposition: Sold
Rig: Schooner
Machinery: N/A
Performance & Endurance:
Max:
Cruising:
Complement:
Armament: 1 gun
History:
Rescue 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 Relief. They were among the last strictly sail-powered cutters built for the Service.
Rescue was stationed at Fernandia, Florida. She was sold on 23 June 1874.
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).