USRC Jackson
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The United States Revenue Cutter Jackson was one of 13 cutters of the Morris-Taney Class to be launched. Named after Secretaries of the Treasury and Presidents of the United States, these cutters were the backbone of the Revenue Cutter Service for more than a decade. Samuel Humphreys designed these cutters for roles as diverse as fighting pirates, privateers, combating smugglers and operating with naval forces. He designed the vessels on a naval schooner concept. They had Baltimore Clipper lines. The vessels built by Webb and Allen, designed by Isaac Webb, resembled Humphreys' but had one less port.[1]
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A Morris-Taney class Revenue Cutter | |
History | |
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United States | |
Namesake | Andrew Jackson |
Builder | Washington Navy Yard |
Laid down | 1831 |
Commissioned | 1832 |
Decommissioned | 31 October 1865 |
Homeport | |
Fate | Sold in 1865 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Schooner |
Displacement | 112 tons |
Length | 73.4 ft (22.4 m) |
Beam | 20.6 ft (6.3 m) |
Draught | 9.7 ft (3.0 m) |
Propulsion | wind |
Complement | 20-24 |
Armament | 6-9 pndrs |
The Jackson, named for Andrew Jackson, the seventh President of the United States, who was President at the time that the ship was commissioned.