Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: USRC Thomas Corwin, USS Acushnet, USS Bear, USRC Washington, USRC Ingham, USS Van Buren, USRC Manning, USRC Mackinac, USRC Rush, USRC James C. Dobbin, USRC Richard Rush, Jefferson Davis, USRC Hudson, USRC Virginia, USRC Moccasin, USRC Tahoma, USS Onondaga, USRC Hamilton, USRC McLane, USRC Salmon P. Chase, USRC Wissahickon, USRC Yamacraw, USRC William H. Seward, USRC Dallas, USCGC Winnisimmet, USRC Dexter, USRC Manhattan, USRC Gallatin, USRC Mohawk, USRC James Guthrie, USRC Taney, USRC Active, USRC Miami, USRC Patrol, USRC Forward, USRC Louisiana, USS Aaron V. Brown, USRC Jefferson, USRC Alabama, USRC Benjamin Rush, USCGC Mackinac, USCGC Patrol. Excerpt: The Thomas Corwin was a United States Revenue Cutter and subsequently a merchant vessel. These two very different roles both centered on Alaska and the Bering Sea. In 1912, Frank Willard Kimball wrote: "The Corwin has probably had a more varied and interesting career than any other vessel which plies the Alaskan waters." The United States Revenue Cutter Thomas Corwin (aka the Corwin) was the first revenue cutter to regularly cruise the Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean. Built in the state of Oregon, she was finished and commissioned in San Francisco which remained her home port. In a 23-year federal career, she participated in the search for the USS Jeanette, landed scientific parties on Wrangel and Herald islands, shelled the Tlingit village Angoon, interdicted whiskey traffic, rescued shipwrecked whalers, contributed to the exploration of Alaska, and arrested seal poachers. She had at least eight captains during her federal career, but is particularly associated with two: the cool and resolute Calvin L. Hooper and the volatile Michael Healy. She continued operating in the Bering Sea as a merchant and charter vessel after she was sold in 1900. As a merchant vessel, ...