History
United States
NamesakeAndroscoggin River, Maine, U.S.[1]
OperatorU.S. Revenue Cutter Service
BuilderRodermond Bros., Tomkins Cove, New York; Pusey & Jones, Wilmington, Delaware[1]
CostUS$230,087 (Original contract price)[1]
Launched16 January 1907[2]
Commissioned8 July 1908
Decommissioned26 August 1921
FateSold 10 May 1922 at Baltimore, Maryland[2][3]
General characteristics [2]
Displacement1200 tons
Length210 ft (64 m)
Beam36 ft (11 m)
Draft17 ft 6 in (5.33 m)
Installed power1,800 SHP
PropulsionTriple-expansion steam engine, 20.75 in (52.7 cm), 32 in (81 cm), 50 in (130 cm) diameter x 27 in (69 cm) stroke
Speed13.2 knots (max)
Complement44
Armament4 x 6-pounders

Construction

USRC Androscoggin was built by Rodermond Bros. Shipyard at Tomkins Cove, New York and placed under sea trials on 3 March 1908 before being finished by Pusey and Jones Shipyard at Wilmington, Delaware. Additional work by Pusey and Jones put the final cost at US$249,600.97.[3] She was the Revenue Cutter Service's first purposely built icebreaker and the last major revenue cutter with a wooden hull, having been constructed of white oak, larch and pine. At the time, wood was thought to be appropriate for ice work because of its elasticity.[2] Androscoggin was fitted with a iron-strengthened bow so that she could push navigation obstructions out of the way and break ice.[1] She had a flush weather deck that made it easier to do assistance work during rescue operations which was departure from the design of earlier classes of revenue cutters.[4]


History

Androscoggin was placed in commission at the Coast Guard Depot, Curtis Bay, Baltimore, Maryland on 8 July 1908 and on 22 July received sailing orders that permanently stationed her at Portland, Maine with cruising grounds along the coast of Maine.[3] On 10 March 1909, she was ordered to take station at Tompkinsville, Staten Island, New York to temporarily relieve USRC Mohawk and received orders returning her to Portland on 13 April.[3] During June 1909, she was assigned regatta duty at New London, Connecticut. Androscoggin was detailed on 11 August to search for 6 missing sailors from U.S. Navy tug Nezinscot which had capsized off Cape Ann, Massachusetts.[1][3] She spent the balance of the fall of 1909 assisting at various yacht races and community celebrations. In January 1910, She conducted a search for survivors of the steam lighter Colombia, which had left New York City bound for Port-au-Prince, Haiti with a crew of eleven. Androscoggin traveled 2,999 mi (4,826 km) in search of the lost ship but did not find a trace of the lost ship or her crew.[3][1] During the summer of 1910 she was temporarily transferred to Washington, DC. In November, she was directed to proceed to the Boston Navy Yard for repairs, which took until January 1911 to complete. Androscoggin returned to her cruising schedule off the Maine coast after leaving Boston.[3][1]


On 26 August 1921 Androscoggin was placed out of commission at the Coast Guard Depot, Curtis Bay, Baltimore, Maryland and sold at the depot to Charles A. Jording of Baltimore on 10 May 1922 for US$8,250.[3][Note 1]

Notes

  1. ↑ The amount paid for Androscoggin by Jording included the purchase price of decommissioned USRC Itasca.[3]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Androscoggin (1908), U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office
  2. 1 2 3 4 Canney, pp 64–65
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Record of Movements, pp 21–23
  4. ↑ Evans, p 180

References

  • "Androscoggin (1908)". Browse by Topic, Water Assets. U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  • "Record of Movements, Vessels of the United States Coast Guard, 1790–December 31, 1933" (PDF). Historic Documents. U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  • Canney, Donald L. (1995). U.S. Coast Guard and Revenue Cutters, 1790–1935. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland. ISBN 978-1-55750-101-1.
  • Evans, Stephen H. (1949). The United States Coast Guard 1790–1915: A Definitive History. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland. No ISBN
  • Johnson, Robert Irwin (1987). Guardians of the Sea, History of the United States Coast Guard, 1915 to the Present. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland. ISBN 978-0-87021-720-3.
  • King (1996), Irving H. (1996). The Coast Guard Expands, 1865–1915: New Roles, New Frontiers. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland. ISBN 978-1-55750-458-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Larzelere, Alex (2003). The Coast Guard in World War I: An Untold Story. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland. ISBN 978-1-55750-476-0.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.