USRC Active (1791)

USRC Active (1791) was one of the original ten cutters built and used by the United States Revenue Cutter Service. It was commissioned in 1792 and remained in service until 1800.

 History 
Active was built by the shipwright David Stodder in Baltimore, Maryland.Paul H. Silverstone, The Sailing Navy, 1775-1854 (London; New York: Routledge, 2006), p. 77 She was designed as a schooner.Horatio Davis Smith, Early History of the United States Revenue Marine Service, ed. Elliot Snow (Washington, DC: Coast Guard Bicentennial Publication, 1989), p. 34 She was rigged with fore-and-aft sails on two masts. She was launched on April 9, 1791 and was based in Baltimore. USRC Active was used to patrol the waters of the Chesapeake Bay. 

Her first master was Simon Gross. Her first mate was Isaac Roach and her second mate was Benjamin Rue.H.D. Smith, 'The United States Revenue Cutter Service', The United Service; A Monthly Review of Military and Naval Affairs, New Series, Vol. II, No. 5 (November, 1889), p. 463 Goss resigned in 1792 and President George Washington promoted the former first mate, David Porter, as master.Alexander Hamilton, The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, Vol. XII, ed. Harold C. Syrett (New York; Columbia University Press, 1967), p. 199 The 1791-built cutter named Active was sold in 1800.

 Related pages 
 USRC Vigilant (1791)
 USRC Scammel (1791)
 USRC General Green (1791)
 USRC Massachusetts (1791)
 USRC Argus (1791)
 USRC Virginia (1791)
 USRC Diligence (1791)
 USRC South Carolina (1791) 
 USRC Eagle (1791) 

 Notes 

 References 

 Other websites 
 Alexander Hamilton Letter to the Revenue Cutter Service
 A Brief History of the Revenue Cutter Service

Category:Military of the United States
Category:1790s in the United States