Morris-Taney-class cutter

The Morris-Taney-class revenue cutters were 13 cutters built at New York City at the Webb and Allen shipyard between 1830 and 1833. These cutters were the backbone of the United States Revenue-Marine 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, were designed by Isaac Webb and resembled Humphreys' design but had one less port.^[1]

A Morris-Taney-class revenue cutter
Class overview
Builders	Webb & Allen, New York City
Operators	United States Revenue-Marine
Built	1830–1833
In service	1830–1865
Completed	13
Lost	2
General characteristics
Type	Revenue cutter
Displacement	112 tons
Length	78 ft (24 m)
Beam	21 ft 3 in (6.48 m)
Draft	7 ft 8 in (2.34 m)
Sail plan	Topsail Schooner
Complement	20-24
Armament	Typically 4 × 6 or 9-pounder guns

According to William Thiessen, this was the first class of cutters where all ships were identical.^[2]

Ships

Name	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Notes
Crawford	1830	1835	Sold.
Dexter	1830	1841	Sold.
Gallatin	1830	1849	Transferred to the United States Coast Survey.
Hamilton	1830	1853	Lost in a gale, 1853.
Morris	1831	1846	Sold.
Rush	1831	1840	Transferred to the Lighthouse Service. Sold, 1848.
Wolcott	1831	1846	Transferred to the Lighthouse Service, 1849. Sold, 1851.
Ingham	1832	1836	Sold to the Republic of Texas.
Jackson	1832	1865	Sold.
McLane	1832	1840	Sold.
Jefferson	1833	1847	Renamed Crawford, 1839. Wrecked, 1847.
Taney	1834	1858	Sold.
Washington	1833	1837	Sold.

References

1. "U.S. Coast Guard Cutter History". uscg.mil. 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
2. Diana Sherbs (2017-11-30). "The Long Blue Line: Fast Response Cutters – the mainstay of the Coast Guard's coastal patrol fleet". US Coast Guard. Retrieved 2017-12-12. In 1830, the United States Revenue Cutter Service, predecessor to the modern Coast Guard, launched its first standardized multi-ship class of cutters. The Morris-Class, named for the first cutter in the class, Robert Morris, was designed with a topsail-schooner rig and a length of 78 feet.