Appleton
(John Appleton), 1858
Builder: Page and Allen, Portsmouth, VA
Cost: Unknown
Rig: Schooner
Length: Unknown
Beam: Unknown
Draft: Unknown
Displacement: 35 tons
Keel Laid: Unknown
Completed: 1858
Commissioned: Unknown
Decommissioned: Unknown
Disposition: Transferred to US Navy on 11 April 1861
Complement: Unknown
Armament: Unknown
Cutter History:
A small schooner sent to Key West, FL in February 1858 under Lieutenant William Randolph, Appleton was turned over to the Navy and used as a tender to USS R.R. Cuyler. She ran aground and burned in Tampa Bay in August 1861.
Sources:
Donald Canney. U.S. Coast Guard and Revenue Cutters, 1790-1935. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1995.
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