USRC Active (1843)

USRC Active, was a revenue boat of the United States Revenue Cutter Service in commission from 1843 to 1847.^[1] She was the fourth Revenue Cutter Service ship to bear the name.^[2]

USRC Active

History
United States
Name	USRC Active
Namesake	In action; moving; causing action or change
Completed	1843
Commissioned	1843
Decommissioned	1847
General characteristics
Type	Revenue boat

For other ships with the same name, see USRC Active and USCGC Active.

History

Built at Sackets Harbor, New York, in 1843, Active was based there and served on Lake Ontario. She was under the command of First Lieutenant William B. Whitehead.^[1][3] She appears to have left service in 1847.^[1]

Notes

Citations

1. Canney, p 19
2. "Active, 1843", U.S. Coast Guard Cutters & Craft Index, U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office
3. Noble, p 77

References used

• "Active, 1843". U.S. Coast Guard Cutters & Craft Index. U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
• Canney, Donald L. (1995). U.S. Coast Guard and Revenue Cutters, 1790–1935. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland. ISBN 978-1-55750-101-1.
• Noble, Dennis L. (1990). Historical Register U.S. Revenue Cutter Service Officers, 1790–1914 (PDF). Coast Guard Historian's Office, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, Washington, DC.