USRC Scammel ( 1791 ) USRC " Scammel " was one of the first ten cutters operated by the United States ' Revenue Cutter Service ( later to become the US Coast Guard ) . " Scammel " was named by Alexander Hamilton for Adjutant General Alexander Scammell of New Hampshire , but one notes that Hamilton was rather careless about spelling - as were many men of letters of that time . This was the second cutter to receive the name of a Revolutionary hero but with an incorrect spelling ( the " General Green " was the first , the correct spelling is Greene ) . Description . The surveyor who examined " Scammel " prior to her entering service noted that " she had two masts , one deck , a short quarter deck , low waists with rails fore and aft , and was schooner rigged . " Operational service . As in the case of so many of these cutters , the " Scammel " s monthly journals have been lost . Nevertheless , some information has survived . She cruised from Nantucket to Passamaquoddy and on occasion did sail in tandem with the cutter " Massachusetts " . " Scammel " seized the " Lucy of Stamford " for " illegal registration " which was eventually condemned and sold , along with her cargo for $ 750 . The money was awarded to Yeaton . Overall it would seem that Yeaton and his cutter carried out their duties effectively . The local collector , under whose authority " Scammel " sailed , Joseph Whipple , informed Hamilton that : The services performed by the Cutter I conceive to have been very important to the safety and preservation of the Revenue . The Coast which is assigned to her , that of New Hampshire and the District of Maine , extending nearly 300 miles , many of which afford convenient places for fraudulent practices which have been checked by the attention and vigilance of the officers of the " Scammel " . The services for the year past consisted in cruising the aforementioned Coast , in entering and examining the Vessel ' s papers , instructing the ignorant coasters , and in bringing to justice those who break or evade the laws . Instances of contraventing of the laws have been discovered and prosecuted and some of them failed by the unaccountable determination of the court . She was sold on 16 August 1798 to Clement Jackson for $ 565 . Crew . Hopley Yeaton , Master , 1791 - 1798 . Yeaton probably brought along his slave , Senegal , during the " Scammel " s patrols as was this practice was permitted by the Treasury Department at this time . John Flagg , First Mate , 1791 - 1791 . < br > John Parrott , Second Mate , 1791 - 1791 . < br > Samuel Hobard , Third Mate , 1791 - 1791 . Yeaton fired three of his crew after their first few months of service . The men had been in " open rebellion " over issues of pay and daily food rations - particularly after they learned that their fellow sailors on board the " Massachusetts " received more and varied foods each day than they did . Benjamin Gunnison , First Mate , 1792 - 1798 . < br > John Adams , second mate , 1792 - 1796 . Sam Odiorne , second mate , 1796 - 1798 . In 1796 , the enlisted crew were : Danzil Donnavin , Seaman . < br > James Smith , Seaman . < br > Thomas Fowler , Seaman . < br > George Yeaton , Seaman ( he was Yeaton ' s son ) . Joseph Call , Boy . < br > Stephen Weeks , Boy .