USRC Wolcott (1873)

History
U.S. Revenue-Marine
Name	USRC Wolcott
Namesake	Oliver Wolcott Jr. (1760–1833), second United States Secretary of the Treasury (1795–1800)
Builder	Risdon Iron Works, San Francisco, California
Acquired	3 July 1873
Commissioned	30 July 1873
Homeport	Port Townsend, Washington
Notes	U.S. Revenue-Marine became U.S. Revenue Cutter Service 1894
U.S. Revenue Cutter Service
Name	USRC Wolcott
Namesake	Oliver Wolcott Jr. (1760–1833), second United States Secretary of the Treasury (1795–1800)
Homeport	Port Townsend, Washington
Fate	Sold 19 February 1897
United States
Name	Wolcott
Namesake	Previous name retained
Homeport	San Francisco, California
Fate	Wrecked 31 January 1900
General characteristics as revenue cutter
Type	Revenue cutter
Displacement	235 tons
Length	155 ft (47.2 m)
Beam	22 ft (6.7 m)
Draft	9 ft 7 in (2.9 m)
Propulsion	Vertical-cylinder, surface-condensing steam engine
Sail plan	Schooner-rigged
Complement	39 (8 officers, 31 enlisted)
Armament	2 x guns
General characteristics as commercial vessel
Type	Steam schooner
Tonnage	247 GRT 148 NRT
Length	131.5 ft (40.1 m)
Beam	22.5 ft (6.9 m)
Depth	14.3 ft (4.4 m)
Propulsion	Vertical-cylinder, surface-condensing steam engine
Sail plan	Schooner-rigged

USRC Wolcott, the second ship of the name, sometimes referred to as USRC Oliver Wolcott,^[1] was a revenue cutter in commission in the United States Revenue-Marine from 1873 to 1894 and in the United States Revenue Cutter Service from 1894 to 1897. She served in the waters of the Territory of Alaska during her career. After her revenue cutter service, she operated as a merchant vessel until she was wrecked in 1900.