Black Duck, 1930
(CG-808)
Built: Unknown
Cost: Unknown
Machinery: Unknown
Top Speed: Unknown
Length: 45'
Beam: 10' 9"
Draft: 2'
Displacement: Unknown
Launched: Unknown
Acquired : Seized
Commissioned: 27 March1930
Disposition: Unknown
Complement: Unknown
Armament: Unknown
Cutter History:
One of the faster and more notorious rumrunners, Black Duck was captured by CG-290 after machine-gun fire had killed three of her crew. She was taken into the Coast Guard 27 March1930 and stationed at New London, CT.
Sources:
Donald Canney. U.S. Coast Guard and Revenue Cutters, 1790-1935. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1995.
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