USCGC Dallas
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Dallas 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:
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...
and United States Coast Guard
United States Coast Guard
The United States Coast Guard is a branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven U.S. uniformed services. The Coast Guard is a maritime, military, multi-mission service unique among the military branches for having a maritime law enforcement mission and a federal regulatory agency...
, and may refer to:
- USRC Dallas (1816), a cutter in commission in the Revenue Cutter Service from 1816 to 1821
- USRC Vigilant (1824), a cutter in commission in the Revenue Cutter Service from 1824 to 1836 that was renamed Dallas by 1830
- USRC Dallas (1846), a cutter in commission in the Revenue Cutter Service from 1846 to 1848
- USRC Dallas (1874)USRC Dallas (1874)USRC Dallas, was a Dexter-class cutter of the United States Revenue Cutter Service in commission from 1874 to 1907. She was the fourth ship of the United States Revenue Cutter Service to bear the name.Dallas was built by W...
, a cutter in commission in the Revenue Cutter Service from 1874 to 1907 - USCGC Dallas (1925), a patrol boat in commission in the Coast Guard from 1925 to 1936
- USCGC Dallas (WHEC-716)USCGC Dallas (WHEC-716)The USCGC Dallas , is a Coast Guard high endurance cutter commissioned in 1967 at the Avondale Shipyard in New Orleans. She is the sixth ship or boat to bear the name of Alexander J. Dallas, the Secretary of the Treasury under President James Madison...
, a high endurance cutter in commission in the Coast Guard since 1967