 USRC Onondaga during 1901 America's Cup.
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Onondaga |
| Namesake | Onondaga[4] |
| Operator |
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| Awarded | 30 March 1897[1] |
| Builder | Globe Iron Works, Cleveland[1][5] |
| Cost | US$193,800[1] |
| Yard number | 72 |
| Launched | 23 December 1897 |
| Sponsored by | Miss Louis Augusta Allen |
| Completed | 13 August 1898[1] |
| Commissioned | 24 October 1898[2] |
| Decommissioned | 1 January 1923[3] |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 16 September 1924[3] |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| Displacement | 1,192 long tons (1,211 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 | 73 |
| Armament | 4 × 6-pounder rapid-fire guns (1915) |
USRC Onondaga 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. After the formation of the United States Coast Guard in 1915 she became USCGC Onondaga. She served as a patrol vessel at various Atlantic coast ports before World War I and unlike most Coast Guard cutters during World War I, she remained under the control of the Commandant of the Coast Guard. After the war she patrolled for a brief time based at New London, Connecticut before being decommissioned in 1923.
