Morris-Taney-class cutter

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| Ship caption=A Morris-Taney-class revenue cutter

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| Builders=Webb & Allen, New York City

| Operators= United States Revenue-Marine

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| Built range=1830{{ndash}}1833

| In service range=1830{{ndash}}1865

| Total ships completed=13

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| Total ships lost=2

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|Ship type= Revenue cutter

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|Ship displacement= 112 tons

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|Ship length= {{Convert|78|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|Ship beam= {{Convert|21|ft|3|in|m|abbr=on}}

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|Ship draft={{Convert|7|ft|8|in|m|abbr=on}}

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|Ship sail plan=Topsail Schooner

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|Ship complement=20-24

|Ship armament= Typically 4 × 6 or 9-pounder guns

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The Morris-Taney-class revenue cutters were 13 cutters built at New York City at the Webb and Allen shipyard between 1830 and 1833. These cutters were the backbone of the United States Revenue-Marine for more than a decade. Samuel Humphreys designed these cutters for roles as diverse as fighting pirates, privateers, combating smugglers and operating with naval forces. He designed the vessels on a naval schooner concept. They had Baltimore Clipper lines. The vessels, built by Webb and Allen, were designed by Isaac Webb and resembled Humphreys' design but had one less port.{{cite web |url= http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Crawford1830.asp |title=U.S. Coast Guard Cutter History |work=uscg.mil |year=2012 |accessdate=2 July 2012}}

According to William Thiessen, this was the first class of cutters where all ships were identical.

Ships

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NameCommissionedDecommissionedNotes
{{Ship|USRC|Crawford|1830|2}}18301835Sold.
{{Ship|USRC|Dexter|1830|2}}18301841Sold.
{{Ship|USRC|Gallatin|1830|2}}18301849Transferred to the United States Coast Survey.
{{Ship|USRC|Hamilton|1830|2}}18301853Lost in a gale, 1853.
{{Ship|USRC|Morris|1831|2}}18311846Sold.
{{Ship|USRC|Rush|1831|2}}18311840Transferred to the Lighthouse Service. Sold, 1848.
{{Ship|USRC|Wolcott|1831|2}}18311846Transferred to the Lighthouse Service, 1849. Sold, 1851.
{{Ship|USRC|Ingham|1832|2}}18321836Sold to the Republic of Texas.
{{Ship|USRC|Jackson|1832|2}}18321865Sold.
{{Ship|USRC|McLane|1832|2}}18321840Sold.
{{Ship|USRC|Jefferson|1832|2}}18331847Renamed Crawford, 1839. Wrecked, 1847.
{{Ship|USRC|Taney|1833|2}}18341858Sold.
{{Ship|USRC|Washington|1833|2}}18331837Sold.

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{{cite news

| url = http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2017/11/tlbl-frc/

| title = The Long Blue Line: Fast Response Cutters – the mainstay of the Coast Guard’s coastal patrol fleet

| work = US Coast Guard

| author = Diana Sherbs

| date = 2017-11-30

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| accessdate = 2017-12-12

| quote = In 1830, the United States Revenue Cutter Service, predecessor to the modern Coast Guard, launched its first standardized multi-ship class of cutters. The Morris-Class, named for the first cutter in the class, Robert Morris, was designed with a topsail-schooner rig and a length of 78 feet.

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