USRC Alabama
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USRC Alabama, was a wood-hull topsail schooner designed by William Doughty that was commissioned in the United States Revenue Marine from 1819 to 1833. Assigned the homeport of Mobile, Alabama, she sailed the Caribbean extensively with her sister ship, USRC Louisiana and was used mainly in anti-piracy activity.[5]
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United States | |
Name | USRC Alabama |
Namesake | U.S. state of Alabama |
Operator | U.S. Revenue Marine[Note 1] |
Builder | Christian Bergh, New York City |
Cost | US$4,500 |
Completed | June 1819[3] |
Homeport | Mobile, Alabama |
Fate | Sold 6 August 1833[3] |
General characteristics [3][4] | |
Class and type | Alabama-class schooner |
Displacement | 56 tons |
Length | 52 ft 0 in (15.85 m) (Keel) |
Beam | 18 ft 6 in (5.64 m) |
Draft | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
Armament | 1 gun on amidships pivot, caliber unknown[Note 2][5] |
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