Swiftsure / Crawford, 1825
Builder: New York
Length: ?
Beam: ?
Draft: 9' (aft)
Displacement: 110 tons
Rig: Schooner
Cost: ?
Launched: ?
Commissioned: 1825
Decommissioned: 1839
Disposition: Sold
Complement: 19
Armament: Four 4-pounders
History:
The Swiftsure was built in 1825 in New York and apparently served out of Eastport, Maine. Her name was changed to Crawford on 21 December 1835. She was sold for $2,400 by the Collector at Eastport on 1 April 1839.
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).