USCGC Dexter

Last updated March 23, 2019

Dexter has been the name of more than one ship of the United States Revenue Cutter Service and United States Coast Guard, and may refer to:

USRC Dexter (1830), a cutter in commission in the Revenue Cutter Service from 1830 to 1841
USRC Dexter (1874), a cutter in commission in the Revenue Cutter Service from 1874 to 1908
USCGC Dexter (1925), a cutter in commission in the Coast Guard from 1925 to 1936
USCGC Dexter (WAVP-385), previously WAGC-18, later WHEC-385, a cutter in commission in the Coast Guard from 1946 to 1952 and from 1958 to 1968

The United States Revenue Cutter Dexter was one of 13 cutters of the Morris-Taney Class to be launched. Named after Secretaries of the Treasury and Presidents of the United States, these cutters were the backbone of the Service for more than a decade. Samuel Humphreys designed these cutters for roles as diverse as fighting pirates, privateers, combating smugglers and operating with naval forces. He designed the vessels on a naval schooner concept. They had Baltimore Clipper lines. The vessels built by Webb and Allen, designed by Isaac Webb, resembled Humphreys' but had one less port.

USRC Dexter was a Dexter-class cutter of the United States Revenue Cutter Service in commission from 1874 to 1908. She was the second ship of the Revenue Cutter Service to bear the name. The other Dexter-class cutters, all commissioned in 1874, were the Dallas and the Rush. Dexter was built by the Atlantic Works Company at Boston, Massachusetts. Captain John A. Henriques accepted her for service on 6 June 1874, and she was commissioned into the Revenue Cutter Service on 18 June 1874. Her role in the rescue of passengers from a sinking passenger ship under winter gale winds brought her nationwide popular acclaim.

USCGC Dexter, was a steel-hulled patrol boat of the United States Coast Guard in commission from 1925 to 1936. She was the third ship of the United States Revenue Cutter Service and United States Coast Guard to bear the name.

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