USRC James Guthrie (1868)
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 United States
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| Name: | USRC James Guthrie |
| Launched: | 1864 as George W. Loane in Baltimore, Maryland |
| Acquired: | 11 September 1868 for $16,500 |
| Commissioned: | 11 September 1868 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 April 1882 |
| Homeport: | Baltimore, Maryland |
| Fate: | Sold 3 April 1882 for $4030.95 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | harbor vessel |
| Displacement: | 69 tons |
| Length: | 85' |
| Beam: | 17' |
| Draft: | 8', 7" |
| Propulsion: | Steam, 20" diameter x 20" stroke, 1 screw |
| Complement: | 2 officers, 8 enlisted |
USRC James Guthrie was a Revenue Cutter used as a harbor vessel at Baltimore, Maryland. Originally the merchant tug George W. Loane it was purchased in 1868 for $16,500 and was named for James Guthrie, twenty first Secretary of the Treasury. Her duties were customs inspections and vessel movement in Baltimore harbor. She was decommissioned and sold in April 1882 for $4031.
References
U.S. Coast Guard and Revenue Cutters, 1790-1935, Donald L. Canney, Naval Institute Press, 1995
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