The second USS ''Apache'' was a

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cutter that served in the

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as a

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from 1917-1919. ''Apache'' was built in 1891 as the

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cutter USRC ''Galveston'' by Reeder and Sons at

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. In 1900, her name was changed to USRC ''Apache'' and, upon the creation of the U.S. Coast Guard in 1915, she became USCGC ''Apache''.

Service history

On 30 April 1907 she struck the anchored barge ''C. T. Rowland'' in fog in

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at the lower end of the Craighill Channel. ''Apache'' entered U.S. Navy service after the U.S. entered

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in April 1917 and the Coast Guard came under U.S. Navy control for the duration of the war. She was assigned to the

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and patrolled Chesapeake Bay until the end of the war. ''Apache'' returned to U.S. Coast Guard control when the Coast Guard was returned to the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of the Treasury on 28 August 1919. She remained active in the Coast Guard until 1937, then saw service with the

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in the

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during

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before being scrapped in 1950.

References

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United States Coast Guard Historian's Office: Webcutters: ''Apache'' (1891); originally named ''Galveston''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Apache (1891) Patrol vessels of the United States Navy World War I patrol vessels of the United States Ships built in Baltimore 1891 ships