List of Lost Cutters
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[1]1) Pickering; September 1800; Lost in a gale (had transferred to USN by this time); technically not a lost "cutter."
2) Governor Williams; September 1802; Lost
3) Diligence (III); 1806; Lost in a hurricane
4) Commodore Barry; 3 August 1812; Captured by British
5) Gallatin; 1 April 1813; Lost as a result of an explosion
6) Surveyor; 12 June 1813; Captured by British
7) Eagle; October 1814; Captured by British
8) Crawford; 27 March 1829; Lost
9) Sam Patch; December 1830; Lost
10) Dallas (Vigilant); 21 September 1836; Wrecked on a bar
11) Vigilant; October 1844; Destroyed by hurricane
12) Morris; 11 October 1846; Driven ashore in storm
13) Jefferson (Crawford II); 15 December 1847; Wrecked
14) Alexander Hamilton; 9 December 1853; Lost in a gale
15) Fairy; September 1854; Ran aground
16) Eliza; March 1857; Ran aground
17) Frying Pan Shoals Lightship; 1861; Seized/Sunk by Confederacy
18) Alert; 18 January 1861; Seized by Confederacy
19) Buchanan; 18 April 1861; Seized by Confederacy
20) Helen; January 1861; Seized by Confederacy
21) William R. King (or Knight); March 1861; Seized by Confederacy
22) Washington; 31 January 1861; Seized by Confederacy
23) Cass; 31 January 1861; Seized by Confederacy
24) Dodge; 2 March 1861; Seized by Confederacy
25) North Wind; April 1861; Seized by Confederacy
26) York Spit Lightship; April 1861; Seized by Confederacy
27) Wolf Trap Lightship; April 1861; Seized by Confederacy
28) Windmill Point Lightship; April 1861; Seized by Confederacy
29) Smith's Point Lightship; April 1861; Seized by Confederacy
30) Lower Cedar Point Lightship; April 1861; Seized by Confederacy
31) Upper Cedar Point Lightship; April 1861; Seized by Confederacy
32) Jasper (or Firefly); 1861; Seized by Confederacy
33) McClelland; 1861; Seized by Confederacy
34) Bowler's Rock Lightship; 1861; Seized by Confederacy
35) Harbor Island Lightship; 1861; Seized by Confederacy
36) Rattlesnake Shoal Lightship; 1861; Seized by Confederacy
37) Howell Cobb (USRC); 1861; Seized by Confederacy
38) Duane 18 April 1861; Seized by Confederacy
39) (Howell) Cobb (USLHT); 29 December 1861; Driven ashore in storm
40) Horse Shoe Shoals Lightship 1862; Captured by Confederacy
41) Harriet Lane; 1 January 1863; Captured by Confederacy
42) Combahee Bank; Lightship 1863; Captured by Confederacy
43) Cushing; 27 June 1863; Captured/Burned by Confederacy
44) Martha; 16 July 1864; Captured/Burned by Confederacy
45) Winslow; 14 October 1864; Wrecked on bar
46) Vigilant; 7 February 1866; Wrecked
47) Chaos; August 1866; Ran aground
48) Flora (Nemaha); 7 February 1868; Burned
49) Bowen; August 1872; Capsized
50) Bronx; 4 April 1873; Foundered
51) Guthrie; 17 November 1873; Grounded in hurricane
52) Pink; 2 June 1881; Sunk
53) Narragansett; 21 September 1887; Lost in a hurricane
54) Ivy; 23 January 1888; Crushed by ice
55) Gallatin; 6 January 1892; Sunk
56) LV-37; 24 August 1893; Sunk
57) Bouquet; 29 August 1893; Wrecked in a storm
58) LV-58; 11 December 1905; Foundered during tow
59) Lily; 23 November 1911; Hit snag & sunk
60) Hartley; 2 April 1914; Sunk
61) Commodore Perry; 27 July 1910; Lost
62) Armeria; 20 May 1912; Struck/Sunk
63) Tahoma; 20 September 1914; Ran aground
64) McCulloch; 13 June 1917; Collided/Sunk
65) Mohawk; 1 October 1917; Collided/Sunk
66) LV-6; 6 February 1918; Sunk by moving ice
67) LV-71; 6 August 1918; Sunk by U-boat gunfire
68) Tampa; 26 September 1918; Torpedoed
69) LV-51; 24 April 1919; Collided/Sunk
70) Leader; 2 April 1920; Burned
71) Cossack (AB-3); 9 May 1925; Burned
72) CG-114; 16 November 1925; Lost at sea
73) Moccasin; 18 September 1926; Lost in hurricane
74) CG-247; 18 September 1926; Lost in hurricane
75) CG-248; 18 September 1926; Lost in hurricane
76) CG-238; 20 February 1927; Capsized in storm
77) CG-113; 25 July 1928; Collided/Sunk
78) CG-188; September 1928; Destroyed by hurricane
79) Poinsettia; 27 December 1928; Explosion/Fire
80) CG-111; 7 March 1931; Burned
81) CG-243; 23 October 1931; Destroyed
82) CG-256; 12 October 1933; Wrecked
83) LV-117; 15 May 1934; Collided/Sunk
84) Alexander Hamilton; 29 January 1942; Torpedoed
85) Acacia; 12 March 1942; Torpedoed
86) Muskeget 9 September 1942; Lost (Unknown causes-probably torpedoed)
87) Natsek 17 December 1942; Lost (Unknown causes)
88) CG-85006 27 March 1943; Explosion
89) Escanaba 13 June 1943; Torpedoed/Mined?
90) CG-83421 29 June 1943; Collided
91) LST-167; [US Coast Guard-manned Navy landing ship]; 24 September 1943; Bombed/Burned
92) Bodega 30 September 1943; Ran aground
93) EM Wilcox 30 September 1943; Foundered
94) LST-203; [US Coast Guard-manned Navy landing ship]; September 1943; Stranded on reef
95) EM Dow; 14 October 1943; Ran aground
96) USS Leopold [US Coast Guard-manned Navy destroyer escort]; 9 March 1944; Torpedoed
97) USS FS-172 [US Coast Guard-manned Army freighter]; 19 May 1944; Sunk
98) USS LST-69 [US Coast Guard-manned Navy landing ship]; 21 May 1944; Burned
99) LCI(L)-85; [US Coast Guard-manned Navy infantry landing ship] 6 June 1944; Mined
100) LCI(L)-91; [US Coast Guard-manned Navy infantry landing ship] 6 June 1944; Mined
101) LCI(L)-92; [US Coast Guard-manned Navy infantry landing ship]; 6 June 1944; Mined
102) LCI(L)-93; [US Coast Guard-manned Navy infantry landing ship]; 6 June 1944; Mined
103) CG-83415; 21 June 1944; Lost in a storm
104) CG-83471; 21 June 1944; Lost in a storm
105) LV-105; 20 July 1944; Collided/Sunk
106) Bedloe; 14 September 1944; Foundered in a storm
107) Jackson; 14 September 1944; Foundered in a storm
108) LV-73; 14 September 1944; Foundered in a storm
109) USS Serpens [US Coast Guard-manned Navy cargo vessel]; 29 January 1945; Explosion
110) USS FS-255 [US Coast Guard-manned Army freighter]; 11 May 1945; Torpedoed
111) Sheepscot; 6 June 1945; [US Coast Guard-manned Navy tanker]; Ran aground
112) Magnolia; 25 August 1945; Collided/Sunk
113) USS PC-590; [US Coast Guard-manned Navy patrol craft]; 9 October 1945; Foundered in a typhoon
114) CG-83301; 9 October 1945; Foundered in typhoon
115) FS-406 [US Coast Guard-manned Army freighter]; 9 October Foundered in typhoon
116) FS-163 [US Coast Guard-manned Army freighter]; 12 October 1945 Foundered in typhoon
117) FS-41 [US Coast Guard-manned Army freighter]; 9 November 1945 Foundered in typhoon
118) FS-290 [US Coast Guard-manned Army freighter]; 9 November 1945 Foundered in typhoon
119) LV-78; 24 June 1960 Collided/Sunk
120) White Alder; 7 December 1968 Collided/Sunk
121) Cuyahoga; 20 October 1978 Collided/Sunk
122) Blackthorn; 28 January 1980 Collided/Sunk
123) Mesquite; 4 December 1989 Ran Aground/Stranded
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