36-foot picket boat (USCG)

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Single cabin 36-foot picket boat CG-2218
Class overview
NameCG-2200-class picket boat
OperatorsFlag of the United States Coast Guard.svg  United States Coast Guard
Succeeded by38-foot picket boat
In service1925
Completed103
General characteristics
Class and type36-foot picket boat
Length36 ft 0 in (10.97 m)
35 ft 8 in (10.87 m) (single cabin)
Beam8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Draught2 ft 6 in (0.76 m)
Propulsion180 HP Consolidated Speedway MR-6 six cylinder gasoline engine
Speed23 knots (25 knots single cabin)
Complement3
Armamentvarious other small arms.

The United States Coast Guard wooden-hulled 36-foot picket boats were built during Prohibition to help interdict alcohol smugglers ("rum runners").

Design and construction

Double-cabin 36-foot picket boat CG-2318 US Coast Guard 36 foot picket boat with double cabin.jpg
Double-cabin 36-foot picket boat CG-2318

After the end of World War I, the U.S. Coast Guard reverted to the control of the Department of the Treasury and soon found itself in the midst of a new task with the National Prohibition Act which took effect on 17 January 1920. [1] The Coast Guard response was to develop a two-tiered plan. [1] Larger cutters were to be stationed offshore to find "mother ships" and interdict them if they strayed inside U.S. territorial waters (mother ships were in almost all cases of foreign registry and could not be boarded while in international waters). [1] Smaller, faster patrol boats were used as picket boats to intercept high speed boats or "rum-runners" that made the transfer of contraband to the shore. [1] The Coast Guard developed the 75-foot patrol boat to serve the offshore role and the 36-foot patrol boat to serve the inshore role. [1] [2] The Coast Guard contracted with seven different yards to produce the single-cabin model and six yards for the double-cabin model. [1] 103 picket boats were produced: 30 were single-cabin, open cockpit models of 35’8" overall length (numbered CG-2200 through CG-2229); and seventy-three were double-cabin, open cockpit models of 36’ numbered CG-2300 through CG-2372. [1] They were powered with a single, 180 HP Consolidated Speedway MR-6 six cylinder gasoline engine. [1] The cost per boat was $8,800. [1] All ships were in service by 1925. [1] In 1931 and 1932, 21 38-foot picket boats were built to augment the 36-footers. [3] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Boat, 36' Picket Boat (Open-Cockpit & Double Cabin)". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. November 4, 2019.
  2. ↑ Canney, Donald L. (1989). "Rum War: The U.S. Coast Guard and Prohibition (Coast Guard Bicentennial Series)" (PDF). U.S. Coast Guard. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  3. ↑ Willoughby, Malcolm F. (1964). Rum War at Sea (PDF). United States Coast Guard. p. 88. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 18, 2011.
  4. ↑ Colton, Tim (February 17, 2016). "U.S.C.G. Small Craft". shipbuildinghistory.com.
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