Model of the USRC Jefferson Davis, Coast Guard Museum/Northwest, Seattle, Washington
History
United States
Name
USRC Jefferson Davis also referred to as USRC Davis
Namesake
Jefferson Davis, then Secretary of War
Owner
U.S. Revenue Cutter Service
Builder
J.M. Hood, Bristol, Rhode Island
Completed
1853
Commissioned
1853
Decommissioned
1862
Status
converted to a marine hospital
General characteristics
Class and type
Cushing Class topsail schooner
Displacement
160 tons
Length
93 ft (28 m)
Beam
21 ft (6.4 m)
Draft
9 ft (2.7 m)
Complement
13
Armament
6 × 12 pdr (5.4 kg) cannons[1]
USRC Jefferson Davis was a United States Revenue Cutter Service topsail schooner of the Cushing class built in 1853. She was named for Jefferson Davis, then United States Secretary of War under President Franklin Pierce, and later president of the Confederate States of America.[2]
^Strobridge and Noble, p 7
^US Coast Guard Historian's website
and 19 Related for: USRC Jefferson Davis information
USRCJeffersonDavis was a United States Revenue Cutter Service topsail schooner of the Cushing class built in 1853. She was named for Jefferson Davis...
CSS Pickens (originally known as USRC Robert McClelland) was a Cushing-class schooner revenue cutter that saw service in the navies of the United States...
captains of two federal warships operating in the area: USS Decatur and USRCJeffersonDavis. Over the course of the conflict, one half of all adult men in the...
campaign. Jefferson and Aaron Burr tied for the presidency in the electoral college and, despite philosophical differences, Hamilton endorsed Jefferson over...
Independence, First Texas Navy USRC Ingham (1832) Invincible, First Texas Navy USRC Jackson (1832) James Postlethwaite USRCJefferson (1832) Joffre, shipwreck...
Michigan, was his son. Samuel Dexter is the namesake of Dexter, Maine. The USRC Dexter (1830) was named in his honor. "Samuel Dexter (1801)". Miller Center...
of Louisiana-related articles Outline of Louisiana USS Louisiana, 5 ships USRC Louisiana Louisiana portal United States portal Elevation adjusted to North...
vessels were named in his honor: USRC Richard Rush 1831 Morris-Taney class cutter USGC Richard Rush 1874 Dexter-class cutter USRC Rush 1885 revenue cutter, USS...
the American Civil War, General George B. McClellan and General Martin Davis Hardin both had their headquarters in the Seven Buildings. Some time after...
H. Newcomb May 3, 1900 31 Stat. 716 For heroism as commanding officer of USRC Hudson during the Battle of Cardenas, 1898. The officers and men of Hudson...
the citizens of Saint John as "mere pimps" of Confederate President JeffersonDavis and "his fellow traitors." Seward informed Britain that the U.S. wanted...
out the French and the Spanish, while acquiring more land than Thomas Jefferson. The Battle of New Orleans transforms Jackson into a national hero. He...
lakes which could have been used against the pirates was the revenue cutter USRC Ingham, described by one Detroit newspaper as being "burlesque" and unfit...
privateer V.H. Ivy, sent out to capture Union commercial vessels once JeffersonDavis authorized the distribution of letters of marque and reprisal to private...
a sandbar and was wrecked. Independence | | 17 April 1837 Former cutter USRC Ingham, captured by the Mexican Navy in the Battle of the Brazos River. In...
Recorder-in-Chief Gary L. Grove, PhD. of Pennsylvania; Registrar-in-Chief JeffersonDavis Lilly II, MPA, of Indiana; Judge Advocate-in-Chief Matthew D. Dupee...
(30.8 m) brigantine broke up when the ice washed away. The revenue cutter USRC Bear ( United States Revenue Cutter Service) rescued her entire crew of 27...
life. Refloated on 6 January and taken to Hyannis, Massachusetts, intact by USRC Gresham and a tug, or was blown in two with one part left in place and the...
Global Information
United States