History | |
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United States | |
Name | USRC Tahoma |
Namesake | Salishan Native American word meaning "snow peak" and a principal mountain in the Cascades. |
Builder | New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey |
Cost | $225,000 (USD) |
Launched | 10 October 1908 |
Commissioned | 25 March 1909 |
Homeport | Port Townsend, Washington |
Fate | Sank 20 September 1914 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 1215 tons |
Length | 191 ft 8 in (58.42 m) |
Beam | 32 ft 6 in (9.91 m) |
Draft | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
Propulsion | Triple expansion steam engine,18",29",47" dia. x 30" stroke |
Complement | 8 officers, 61 enlisted |
Armament | 4 x 6-pound rapid fire guns |
USRC Tahoma, was a steel-hull flush deck cutter that served in the United States Revenue Cutter Service from 1909 to 1914 with the Bering Sea Patrol and was the sister ship to the USRC Yamacraw.