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|colspan="2"|[[Image:Gallatin1871.jpg|300px|The Cutter Gallatin]] |
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|[[4 March]] [[1871]] |
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|Ship flag=[[Image:Ensign of the United States Revenue-Marine (1867).png|60px|border|Revenue Cutter Service]] |
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|Ship name=USS ''Albert Gallatin'' |
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|Sunk January 6 [[1892]] |
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'''Albert Gallatin''' was a [[United States Revenue Cutter Service|U.S. Revenue Cutter]] that [[Ship grounding|ground]]ed on Boo Hoo Ledge off [[Manchester, MA]] on 6 January 1892. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Named after President Thomas Jefferson's Secretary of the Treasury, the ''Albert Gallatin'' was built in Buffalo, |
Named after President [[Thomas Jefferson]]'s Secretary of the Treasury, the ''Albert Gallatin'' was built in Buffalo, New York in 1871 at a cost of $65,000. She was armed with a {{convert|2.6|pdr|kg|lk=on|abbr=on}}, brass Whitworth carriage gun, mounted in a broadside and sported an iron hull and mahogany decks. The initial propulsion was a horizontal, direct-acting steam engine with a Fowler steering propeller which was removed in 1874. |
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''Albert Gallatin'' was ported in [[Boston Harbor]] and patrolled from [[Portsmouth, NH]] to [[Holmes Hole|Holmes Hole, MA]]. [[Captain (naval)|Captain]] Gabrielson also skippered the Revenue Cutter ''Dexter'' when it came to the aid of ''[[City of Columbus]]'' which wrecked off [[Martha's Vineyard]]. |
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==The shipwreck== |
==The shipwreck== |
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In the morning of 6 January 1892, Capt. Gabrielson was attempting to make the safety of [[Gloucester, Massachusetts|Gloucester]] Harbor during a snowstorm and became disoriented. The cutter hit Boo Hoo Ledge hard. While trying to free the ship of the ledge the ship flooded and the smokestack fell onto the ship, killing the ship's carpenter, Mr. J. Jacobson. The other 39 members of the crew were rescued. At the time of her sinking, Gallatin was armed with two 20-pound Dahlgren guns on Marsilly carriages. In small arms, she had new Lee magazine rifles and other pistols cited in ''Barnstable (MA) Patriot'', 12 January 1892. The current coordinates of ''Albert Gallatin'' are {{coord|42|33|50|N|70|44|52|W|type:landmark}}, at a depth of around {{convert|50|ft|m|abbr=on}}. |
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==External links== |
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* http://www.wreckhunter.net/DataPages/albertgallatin-dat.htm |
* [http://www.wreckhunter.net/DataPages/albertgallatin-dat.htm] |
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* http://www.uscg.mil/history/WEBCUTTERS/Gallatin_1871.html |
* [http://www.uscg.mil/history/WEBCUTTERS/Gallatin_1871.html] |
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* http://www.mass.gov/czm/buar/shipwrecks/ua-alga.htm |
* [http://www.mass.gov/czm/buar/shipwrecks/ua-alga.htm] |
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Revision as of 21:58, 31 January 2024
 | It has been suggested that this article be merged with USRC Gallatin (1871). (Discuss) Proposed since January 2024. |
 Revenue cutter Albert Gallatin
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| Name | USS Albert Gallatin |
| Namesake | Albert Gallatin |
| Launched | 4 March 1871 |
| Commissioned | 1874 |
| Fate | Sunk, 6 January 1892 |
| General characteristics | |
| Typ | Cutter |
| Displacement | 250 long tons (250 t) |
| Length | 137 ft (42 m) |
| Beam | 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 3 in (2.82 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam engine with a Fowler steering propeller and Topsail |
| Complement | 40 |
| Armament | 1 × 6 pdr (2.7 kg) gun |
Albert Gallatin was a U.S. Revenue Cutter that grounded on Boo Hoo Ledge off Manchester, MA on 6 January 1892.
History
Named after President Thomas Jefferson's Secretary of the Treasury, the Albert Gallatin was built in Buffalo, New York in 1871 at a cost of $65,000. She was armed with a 2.6 pdr (1.2 kg), brass Whitworth carriage gun, mounted in a broadside and sported an iron hull and mahogany decks. The initial propulsion was a horizontal, direct-acting steam engine with a Fowler steering propeller which was removed in 1874.
Albert Gallatin was ported in Boston Harbor and patrolled from Portsmouth, NH to Holmes Hole, MA. Captain Gabrielson also skippered the Revenue Cutter Dexter when it came to the aid of City of Columbus which wrecked off Martha's Vineyard.
The shipwreck
In the morning of 6 January 1892, Capt. Gabrielson was attempting to make the safety of Gloucester Harbor during a snowstorm and became disoriented. The cutter hit Boo Hoo Ledge hard. While trying to free the ship of the ledge the ship flooded and the smokestack fell onto the ship, killing the ship's carpenter, Mr. J. Jacobson. The other 39 members of the crew were rescued. At the time of her sinking, Gallatin was armed with two 20-pound Dahlgren guns on Marsilly carriages. In small arms, she had new Lee magazine rifles and other pistols cited in Barnstable (MA) Patriot, 12 January 1892. The current coordinates of Albert Gallatin are 42°33′50″N 70°44′52″W / 42.56389°N 70.74778°W, at a depth of around 50 ft (15 m).