USRC Louisiana (1819)
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USRC Louisiana, was a wood hull topsail schooner designed by William Doughty that served in the United States Revenue Cutter Service
United States Revenue Cutter Service
The United States Revenue Cutter Service was established by Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in 1790 as an armed maritime law enforcement service. Throughout its entire existence the Revenue Cutter Service operated under the authority of the United States Department of the Treasury...
from 1819 to 1824. Assigned the homeport of New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The New Orleans metropolitan area has a population of 1,235,650 as of 2009, the 46th largest in the USA. The New Orleans – Metairie – Bogalusa combined statistical area has a population...
, she sailed the Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
extensively and was used mainly in antipiracy activity. She assisted her sister ship, the USRC Alabama
USRC Alabama (1819)
USRC Alabama, was a wood hull topsail schooner designed by William Doughty that served in the United States Revenue Cutter Service from 1819 to 1833. Although her homeport was Mobile, Alabama, she was stationed temporarily with her sister ship, the USRC Louisiana. The two cutters were successful in...
in the capture of the pirate vessel Bravo on 31 August 1819. On 2 November 1822, she assisted the USS Peacock
USS Peacock
USS Peacock may refer to:, a 500-ton sloop-of-war, a 650-ton sloop-of-war, a World War I minesweeper launched 8 April 1919; sank after collision with another ship, a minesweeper...
with the capture of 5 pirate vessels in Cuban waters. She was sold in 1824.