Potomack, 1809

March 12, 2021
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Potomack, 1809


A former name retained.


TYPE/RIG/CLASS: Chartered vessel

COMMISSIONED: 1809

DECOMMISSIONED: 1809

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COMPLEMENT: 27


History

A vessel chartered for service in April, 1809 by the Collector in New Haven, Connecticut.  She saw service in Long Island Sound.


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).