List of Lost Cutters

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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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