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USRC Active (1867)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 11, 2025
Entity authorityQ16970430 ↗
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USRC Active, was a revenue cutter of the United States Revenue Cutter Service in commission from 1867 to 1875. She was the fifth Revenue Cutter Service ship to bear the name.

History

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

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1867, 1875—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with USRC, Active and Open-knowledge providing the first useful test.
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