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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Algonquin |
| Operator |
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| Builder | Globe Iron Works, Cleveland[1] |
| Cost | US$193,800[3] |
| Yard number | 71[1] |
| Laid down | 1897 |
| Launched | 30 March 1897 |
| Commissioned | 20 June 1898[2] |
| Decommissioned | 11 December 1930[3] |
| Fate | Sold, 1930; later U.S Navy YAG–29, scrapped 1948[1] |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| Displacement | 1,181 long tons (1,200 t) |
| Length | 205 ft 6 in (62.64 m) |
| Beam | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Draft | 13 ft 2 in (4.01 m) |
| Installed power | Triple-expansion steam engine |
| Speed | 16 knots (max) |
| Complement | 10 officers, 63 enlisted |
| Armament | 2 × 6-pounder |
USRC Algonquin was an Algonquin-class cutter built for the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service for service on the Great Lakes. Because of the Spanish–American War, she was cut in half shortly before completion and transported to Ogdensburg, New York for service on the Atlantic coast although the war ended before she could be put into service. She was homeported at San Juan, Puerto Rico from 1905 to 1917. Algonquin served briefly for the U.S. Navy along the Atlantic Coast in the summer of 1898 before being returned to the Treasury Department. After the formation of the United States Coast Guard in 1915 the vessel became USCGC Algonquin. The ship served as a patrol vessel at Norfolk, Virginia at the beginning of World War I before being assigned convoy duty in the Mediterranean. In February 1919 Algonquin was transferred to the West Coast and served in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska until being decommissioned at San Francisco in December 1930.