USRC ''Active'', was a
revenue cutter
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of the
United States Revenue Cutter Service
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in commission from 1867 to 1875.
[ She was the fifth Revenue Cutter Service ship to bear the name.]["Active, 1867", U.S. Coast Guard Cutters & Craft Index, U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office]
History
Built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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, by J.W. Lynn, ''Active'' was commissioned in 1867 and served her entire career homeported at New Bedford, Massachusetts
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.[ She was the lead ship of the ''Active'' class of six revenue schooners built at three different yards.][ ''Active'' and her sister ship , also built by Lynn, were among the last strictly sail-powered cutters built for the Revenue Service.][
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Ships of the United States Revenue Cutter Service
Age of Sail ships of the United States
Ships built in Philadelphia
1867 ships