Corinne, 1868

Dec. 9, 2020
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Corinne, 1868


Built at: New Orleans

Cost: Unknown

Rig: schooner

Length: 42' 7"

Beam: 12' 4"

Draft: 3'

Displacement: 12 tons

Built: 1865

Acquired: Purchased in 1868

Commissioned: 1868

Disposition: Decommissioned; sold on 15 April 1879

Complement: Unknown


Cutter History:

A small, two-masted, 12-ton lugger, it was used as a freight boat in the 8th Lighthouse District. Authorized for sale on 8 September 1875, the ship continued to serve until it was ordered sold on 6 March 1879. The sale was on 15 April 1879 for $250.00.


Sources:

Douglas Peterson. United States Lighthouse Service Tenders, 1840-1939.  Annapolis and Trappe, MD: Eastwind Publishing, 2000.