USRC Active (1867)

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

USRC Active, was a revenue cutter of the United States Revenue Cutter Service in commission from 1867 to 1875.^[1] She was the fifth Revenue Cutter Service ship to bear the name.^[3]

USRC Active

History
United States
Name	USRC Active
Namesake	In action; moving; causing action or change
Builder	J.W. Lynn, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[1]
Cost	US$18,500[1]
Completed	1867
Commissioned	1867
Homeport	New Bedford, Massachusetts, 19 June 1867–7 April 1875[2]
Fate	Sold 13 May 1875 at Staten Island, New York for US$5,508.50[2]
General characteristics
Class & type	Active-class schooner
Displacement	120 tons
Length	90 ft (27 m)
Beam	19 ft (5.8 m)
Draft	7 ft 10 in (2.39 m)
Sail plan	schooner
Armament	1 gun

History

Built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by J.W. Lynn, Active was commissioned in 1867 and served her entire career homeported at New Bedford, Massachusetts.^[2] She was the lead ship of the Active class of six revenue schooners built at three different yards.^{[1][Note 1]} Active and her sister ship Resolute, also built by Lynn, were among the last strictly sail-powered cutters built for the Revenue Service.^[3]