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USRC Pickering, later renamed USS Pickering
History
United States
Name
USS Pickering
Laid down
1798
Commissioned
22 August 1798
Fate
Lost 1800
General characteristics
Type
Topsail schooner
Displacement
187 long tons (190 t)
Length
77 ft (23 m)
Beam
20 ft (6.1 m)
Draft
9 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion
Sails
Complement
70 officers and enlisted
Armament
14 × 4-pounder guns
USS Pickering was a brig, the 1st brig built for the UCRC Service,[1] in the United States Revenue Cutter Service and then the United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France. She was named for Timothy Pickering, then the Secretary of State.
USRC Pickering was built at Newburyport, Massachusetts in 1798 for the Revenue Cutter Service. Captain Jonathan Chapman was her first commander. Taken into the Navy in July at the outbreak of the Quasi-War, she departed Boston on her first cruise on 22 August.
^"Early history of the U. S. Revenue Marine Service or (U.S. Revenue Cutter Service) 1798 to 1854 page 19" (PDF). R. L. Polk printing via Media.defence.gov. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
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