USRC Moccasin (1865)
USRC Moccasin was a Revenue Cutter purchased from the U.S. Navy in 1865 and immediately assigned to duty at Norfolk, Virginia where future Chief of the Revenue Marine Service, Leonard G. Shepard, future Chief of the Revenue Marine Bureau reported on board as a newly commissioned Third Lieutenant as part of the commissioning crew. In May 1866 her homeport was moved to Wilmington, North Carolina where she served until being moved for repairs at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in 1869. After repairs she was assigned to Newport, Rhode Island from 1869 to 1872 and then transferred to Charleston, South Carolina. In 1881, she was taken to the Slater and Read Shipyard in New York City and was lengthened to 128 feet. On 10 April 1882 she was recommissioned as USRC George Bibb and moved to the Great Lak
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USRC Moccasin (1865)
USRC Moccasin was a Revenue Cutter purchased from the U.S. Navy in 1865 and immediately assigned to duty at Norfolk, Virginia where future Chief of the Revenue Marine Service, Leonard G. Shepard, future Chief of the Revenue Marine Bureau reported on board as a newly commissioned Third Lieutenant as part of the commissioning crew. In May 1866 her homeport was moved to Wilmington, North Carolina where she served until being moved for repairs at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in 1869. After repairs she was assigned to Newport, Rhode Island from 1869 to 1872 and then transferred to Charleston, South Carolina. In 1881, she was taken to the Slater and Read Shipyard in New York City and was lengthened to 128 feet. On 10 April 1882 she was recommissioned as USRC George Bibb and moved to the Great Lak
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USRC Moccasin was a Revenue C ...... ch foundered in November 1898.
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1865-09-18
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1890-11-22
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Sold 24 October 1891, became mechant vessel Pentagoet
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473.395.255
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1.129341E7
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USRC Moccasin was a Revenue C ...... ibb and moved to the Great Lak
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