USS McCulloch

USRC McCulloch, ca. 1900.
History
U.S. Revenue Cutter Service
Name	USRC McCulloch
Namesake	Hugh McCulloch
Builder	William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
Cost	$196,500[1]
Yard number	288
Launched	15 December 1896
Commissioned	12 December 1897
Fate	Became part of U.S. Coast Guard fleet, 28 January 1915
U.S. Coast Guard
Name	USCGC McCulloch
Namesake	Previous name retained
Acquired	28 January 1915
Fate	Transferred to U.S. Navy, 6 April 1917
U.S. Navy
Name	USS McCulloch
Namesake	Previous name retained
Commissioned	6 April 1917
Fate	Sunk in collision 13 June 1917
General characteristics
Displacement	1,280[1] or 1,432 tons (sources differ)
Length	219 ft (67 m)
Beam	32 or 33.4 ft (9.8 or 10.2 m)[1][2] (sources differ)
Draft	16 ft (4.9 m)
Depth	17.1 or 19 ft (5.2 or 5.8 m)[2] (sources differ)
Propulsion	One triple-expansion steam engine, 21½-inch-, 34½-inch-, and 56½-inch-diameter (546-mm-, 876-mm-, and 1,435-mm-diameter) x 30-inch (762-mm) stroke; 2,400 ihp (1,790 kW); 2 boilers, 200 psi (1,379 kPa)[1][2]
Sail plan	Barkentine rig (1897)[1] Two military masts (1914)[1]
Speed	17 knots (on trials)[1]
Complement	130 (wartime)[1]
Armament	4 x 3 in (76 mm) guns 1 bow-mounted 15 in (381 mm) torpedo tube[1][2]

USS McCulloch, previously USRC McCulloch and USCGC McCulloch, was a ship that served as a United States Revenue Cutter Service cutter from 1897 to 1915, as a United States Coast Guard Cutter from 1915 to 1917, and as a United States Navy patrol vessel in 1917. She saw combat during the Spanish–American War during the Battle of Manila Bay and patrolled off the United States West Coast during World War I. In peacetime, she saw extensive service in the waters off the U.S. West Coast. She sank in 1917 after colliding with another steamer.