USCGC Morris

Active class patrol boat, 1962
History
United States
Name	USCGC Morris
Namesake	Robert Morris
Operator	U.S. Coast Guard (1927-1941) (1946-1971) U.S. Navy (1941-1946) Sea Scouts (1971-2015) Liberty Maritime Museum (2015-2021) Vietnam Aviation Museum, Galveston, Texas (2021-present)
Builder	American Brown Boveri Electric Corporation, Camden, New Jersey
Cost	US$63,163
Launched	4 April 1927
Commissioned	19 April 1927
Decommissioned	7 August 1971
Identification	MMSI number: 367323170 Callsign: WDE2300 Pennant number: WSC/WMEC-147
Fate	Donated to Liberty Maritime Museum
Status	Museum ship at Sacramento River
General characteristics
Class and type	Active-class patrol boat
Displacement	232 tons (trial)
Length	125 ft (38 m)
Beam	23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)
Draft	7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
Installed power	After 1938 re-engining: 1,200 brake horsepower (0.9 megawatt)
Propulsion	As built: Two 6-cylinder 300 brake horsepower diesel engines After 1938 re-engining: Two 800 brake horsepower General Motors diesel engines
Speed	As built: 10 knots In 1945: 12 knots (maximum); 7 knots (economical)
Range	In 1945: 2,900 nautical miles (5,370 kilometers) at 10 knots; 4,000 nautical miles (7,400 kilometers) at 7 knots
Complement	20 (3 officers, 17 enlisted men) (1930) 46 (5 officers, 41 men) (1945)
Sensors and processing systems	Sonar (1945) QCO-1 Detection radar (1960) SPS-23
Armament	In 1927: 1 x 3-inch (76.2-millimeter) 23-caliber gun In 1941: 2 x depth charge tracks In 1945: 1 x 3-inch (76.2-mm) 23-caliber gun , 2 x single 20-mm 80-caliber gun mounts, 2 x depth charge tracks, 2 x Mousetraps1 x 3-inch (76.2-mm) 23-caliber gun1 x 3-inch (76.2-mm) 23-caliber gun In 1960: 1 x single 40-mm 60-caliber antiaircraft gun mount

USCGC Morris (WSC-147), was a 125 ft (38 m) United States Coast Guard Active-class patrol boat in commission from 1927 to 1971. She was named for Robert Morris, (1734–1806) who was appointed in 1789 as United States Senator from Pennsylvania.^[1] In May 1966, she was redesignated as (WMEC-147).