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Log Books of the U.S. Revenue Service/Coast Guard, 19th and 20th Centuries USRC Hugh McCulloch May be misspelt McCullough General description, specifications and time line |
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(Hugh McCulloch, 1808-1895, 27th and 36th Secretaries of the Treasury)
Type and Characteristics: Barquentine-rigged steam cutter (above, circa 1900), built by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, PA at cost of $196,500, composite construction with wood on steel hull, commissioned 12 December 1897, 1,280 tons displacement, 219ft long x 33ft 4in beam x 14ft draft, triple-expansion steam engine, 21 1/2in, 34 1/2in and 56 1/2in diameter x 30in stroke, 2 boilers, 200 psi, trials speed 17 knots, armed with 4-3in guns/1 torpedo tube, crew of 130 (wartime - but 12 officers and 67 crew, total of 79, listed during Spanish-American War (see below)). Rig later reduced to two "military" masts.
Log Period and Areas of Service: 1897-1917, Spanish-American war service, West Coast of US, Alaskan waters.
Summary of Service
12 December 1897 - Commissioned under command of Captain D B Hogsdon.
1898 - Steamed via the Suez Canal for her first station at San Francisco.
8 April 1898 - Arrived at Singapore. With the onset of the Spanish-American War, ordered to join Commodore Dewey's Squadron on the Asiatic station - cruisers Olympia, Boston, Baltimore, Raleigh, and gunboats Concord and Petrel. McCulloch's role included escorting storeships Nanshan and Zafire. Entered Manila Bay the evening of the 30th, having departed Mirs Bay, China on the 27th. Dewey's Squadron successfully defeated the Spanish fleet, but on the way in, McCulloch's stack caught fire and Chief Engineer Frank B. Randall died from the results of tackling the blaze. Captain Hogsdon was commended by Commodore Dewey for "the efficiency and readiness of his ship". As the fastest ship available, McCulloch steamed for Hong Kong and its cable facilities to telegraph dispatches. (Crew numbers and list of names below).
10 January 1899 - Arrived at San Francisco.
1899-1906 - Operated out of San Francisco, patrolling from the Mexican border to Cape Blanco.
1906-1912 - Patrolled Pribilof Islands area to enforce seal regulations. During this time with the Bering Sea patrol, served as floating court for Alaskan towns.
1912 - Returned to San Francisco and continued West Coast patrol duties.
6 April 1917 - Transferred to US Navy, continued Pacific coast patrol operations.
Fate: 13 June 1917 - In collision with Pacific Steamship Company's SS Governor, sank 3 miles NW of Point Conception, Ca, NW of Los Angeles. One crewman lost (Acting Water Tender John Arvid Johansson, USCG, who was injured and died in hospital, San Pedro), all other hands saved.
Links: DANSF, USC Historian's site
Crew Numbers and Crew Names - Spanish-American War
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OFFICERS 12 plus Lieutenant, US Navy in command |
ENLISTED MEN Roughly grouped by branches |
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Captain - 1 First Lieutenant - 1 Second Lieutenant - 1 Third Lieutenant - 3 Assistant Surgeon (Marine Hospital Service) - 1 Chief Engineer - 1 First Assistant Engineer - 2 Second Assistant Engineer - 1 Acting Paymaster - 1 |
Quartermaster - 3 Coxswain - 3 Boatswain - 1 Seaman - 12 Ordinary Seaman - 13 1st Class Boy - 7 2nd Class Boy - 4
Gunner - 1 Master-At-Arms - 1 Bugler - 1 |
Fireman - 9 Coal Passer - 6 Oiler - 1
Machinist - 2 Carpenter - 1
Ship's Cook - 1 Wardroom Steward - 1 Cabin Steward - 1 |
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William P. Elliot, Lieutenant, USN Daniel B Hodgsdon, Captain Daniel P Foley, 1st Lieutenant Walker, W Joynes, 2nd Lieutenant Randolph Ridgely, Jr, 3rd Lieutenant William E Atlee, 3rd Lieutenant John Mel, 3rd Lieutenant Joseph B Greene, Assistant Surgeon, Marine Hospital Service Frank B Randall, Chief Engineer (died) William C Meyers, 1st Assistant Engineer William E MacCoun, 1st Assistant Engineer Henry F Schoenborn, 2nd Assistant Engineer George A Loud, Acting Paymaster |
Anderson, Charles, Seaman Anderson, Johan, Seaman Armstrong, Burt, 2nd Class Boy Bailey, Thomas, Ordinary Seaman Barnes, Frank A, 2nd Class Boy Beaubrin, Jacob, Coal Passer Benson, Henry, Coal Passer Bryson, John, Quartermaster Burke, John A, Boatswain Burns, James, Fireman Burwell, Edward L, Ordinary Seaman Carson, Gustav, Master-At-Arms Charles, Bernard, Ordinary Seaman Choy, Ah, Fireman Christie, Henry, Seaman Clark, Charles, Coxswain Clindining, Frank, Ordinary Seaman Craig, F C, Ordinary Seaman Dirwanger, T A, Ordinary Seaman Doner, John, Ordinary Seaman Dunseath, William, Fireman Fedoroff, August E, Seaman Fong, Ah, Fireman Forbis, Archie, 1st Class Boy Hakansson, George, Coal Passer Hatch, Kimball Fireman Hein, George Coal Passer Hong, Ah, Fireman Humphrey, F, Seaman Imai, Echi, 1st Class Boy Johnson, Charlie, Quartermaster Kemer, John A, Ordinary Seaman King, Frank, Ordinary Seaman Klump, David, Machinist Kuhl, A, Seaman |
Lawrence, John, Coal Passer Long, C H, 1st Class Boy Low, Ah, Coal Passer Malitani, Kameo, 1st Class Boy Miller, William E, Ordinary Seaman Mcfarlane, James, Ordinary Seaman Neithercote, H A, Bugler Ogata, Kuraki, 1st Class Boy Olsen, Gustav E, Fireman Olsen, Oscar J, Fireman Owens, Paul G, Ordinary Seaman Parovel, Joseph, Seaman Pattison, Joseph, Seaman Persson, Olaf, Seaman Quirk, Patrick, Ship's Cook Rice, Louis M., Cabin Steward Richter, B C, Seaman Rossin, Peter, Carpenter Sakee, Koudo, Wardroom Steward Sing, Ah, Machinist Sjobug, B H, Quartermaster Smith, Dennis A, Ordinary Seaman Sutton, William, 2nd Class Boy Svenson, John, Coxswain Swanson, Olaf, Coxswain Thompson, Harry, Seaman Thompson, N A, Seaman Timmins, Bernard, Oiler Tubbs, Burt, 2nd Class Boy Tye, Ah, Fireman Woolford, Nelson, Gunner Yoshi, K, 1st Class Boy Oshi, K, 1st Class Boy |
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