USRC Resolute

USRC Resolute, was a revenue cutter of the United States Revenue Cutter Service in commission from 1867 to 1872.^[1] She was the only Revenue Cutter Service ship to bear the name.^[3]

USRC Resolute

History
United States
Name	USRC Resolute
Namesake	firmness or determination, pursuing a fixed purpose
Builder	J.W. Lynn, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[1]
Cost	US$18,500[1]
Completed	1867
Commissioned	1867
Homeport	Key West, Florida, 27 July 1867–10 February 1872[2]
Fate	Sold 10 February 1872 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[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, Resolute was commissioned in 1867 and served her entire career homeported at Key West, Florida.^[2] She was the second of the Active-class of six revenue schooners built at three different yards.^{[1][Note 1]} Resolute and her sister ship Active, also built by Lynn, were among the last strictly sail-powered cutters built for the Revenue Service.^[3]

Notes

1. Colton claims that the Active-class consisted of only two ships, Active and Resolute, both constructed at the Lynn shipyard. The other four cutters that Canney claims are in the Active-class were built in different yards and had different dimensions than the cutters built at the Lynn shipyard. USRC Relief and USRC Rescue were constructed by Biery & Hillman of Philadelphia and had an overall length of 92 ft (28 m); USRC Petrel and USRC Racer were built by W.H. Hawthorn of Williamsburg, New York and had an over all length of 85 ft (26 m).^[4]