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Eagle

Revenue Cutter:

  • The Revenue Services second Eagle and the Navy's first, was built by William and Abraham Brown, Baltimore, MD
  • Commissioned 20 August 1798
  • Transferred to the Navy in September 1798
  • Permanently transferred to the Navy 20 May 1799
  • Sold 17 June 1801 at Baltimore, MD
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 187 t.
  • Length 77'
  • Beam 20'
  • Draft 9'
  • Complement 70
  • Armament: Fourteen 6 pounders
  • Propulsion: Sail.
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