U.S. Coast Guard Cutter History

Cutter Losses

The vessels of the U.S. Coast Guard, Revenue Marine, Revenue Cutter Service, & Light House Service lost in action

The Mesquite aground

The CGC Mesquite aground near Keweenaw Point in 
Lake Superior, December, 1989.  She was declared a total loss,
 towed off the shoal, and sunk in the lake as an artificial reef.

Cutter/vessel name (in italics); Date of loss; Description of Loss;

  1. Pickering; September 1800; Lost in a gale (had transferred to USN by this time)

  2. Governor Williams; September 1802; Lost

  3. Diligence (III); 1806; Lost in a hurricane

  4. Commodore Barry; 3 August 1812; Captured by British

  5. Louisiana; 19 August 1812; Lost in a hurricane at New Orleans

  6. James Madison; 22 August 1812; Captured by British [Madison's officers were paroled in New York on 24 November 1812]

  7. Madison; 24 November 1812; Captured by British

  8. Gallatin; 1 April 1813; Lost as a result of an explosion

  9. Surveyor; 12 June 1813; Captured by British

  10. Eagle; 13 October 1814; Captured by British

  11. Crawford; 27 March 1829; Lost

  12. Sam Patch; December 1830; Lost

  13. Dallas (Vigilant); 21 September 1836; Wrecked on a bar

  14. Vigilant; October 1844; Destroyed by hurricane

  15. Morris; 11 October 1846; Driven ashore in storm

  16. Jefferson (Crawford II); 15 December 1847; Wrecked

  17. Alexander Hamilton; 9 December 1853; Lost in a gale

  18. Fairy; September 1854; Ran aground

  19. Eliza; March 1857; Ran aground

  20. William Aiken; 27 December 1860; Seized by the Confederacy

  21. Frying Pan Shoals Lightship; 1861; Seized/Sunk by the Confederacy

  22. Alert; 18 January 1861; Seized by the Confederacy

  23. Buchanan; 18 April 1861; Seized by the Confederacy

  24. Helen; January 1861; Seized by the Confederacy

  25. William R. King (or Knight); March 1861; Seized by the Confederacy

  26. Washington; 31 January 1861; Seized by the Confederacy

  27. Cass: 31 January 1861; Seized by the Confederacy

  28. Dodge; 2 March 1861; Seized by the Confederacy

  29. North Wind; April 1861; Seized by the Confederacy

  30. York Spit Lightship; April 1861; Seized by the Confederacy

  31. Wolf Trap Lightship; April 1861; Seized by the Confederacy

  32. Windmill Point Lightship; April 1861; Seized by the Confederacy

  33. Smith's Point Lightship; April 1861; Seized by the Confederacy

  34. Lower Cedar Point Lightship; April 1861; Seized by the Confederacy

  35. Upper Cedar Point Lightship; April 1861; Seized by the Confederacy

  36. Jasper (or Firefly); 1861; Seized by the Confederacy

  37. McClelland; 1861; Seized by the Confederacy

  38. Bowler's Rock Lightship; 1861; Seized by the Confederacy

  39. Harbor Island Lightship; 1861; Seized by the Confederacy

  40. Rattlesnake Shoal Lightship; 1861; Seized by the Confederacy

  41. Howell Cobb (USRC); 1861; Seized by the Confederacy

  42. Duane 18 April 1861; Seized by the Confederacy

  43. (Howell) Cobb (USLHT); 29 December 1861; Driven ashore in storm

  44. Horse Shoe Shoals Lightship 1862; Captured by the Confederacy

  45. Harriet Lane; 1 January 1863; Captured by the Confederacy (had transferred to USN by this time)

  46. Combahee Bank; Lightship 1863; Captured by the Confederacy

  47. Cushing; 27 June 1863; Captured/Burned by the Confederacy

  48. Martha; 16 July 1864; Captured/Burned by the Confederacy

  49. Winslow; 14 October 1864; Wrecked on bar

  50. Vigilant; 7 February 1866; Wrecked

  51. Chaos; August 1866; Ran aground

  52. Flora (Nemaha); 7 February 1868; Burned

  53. Bowen; August 1872; Capsized

  54. Bronx; 4 April 1873; Foundered

  55. Guthrie; 17 November 1873; Grounded in hurricane

  56. Pink; 2 June 1881; Sunk

  57. Narragansett; 21 September 1887; Lost in a hurricane

  58. Ivy; 23 January 1888; Crushed by ice

  59. Gallatin; 6 January 1892; Sunk

  60. LV-37; 24 August 1893; Sunk

  61. Bouquet; 29 August 1893; Wrecked in a storm

  62. LV-58; 11 December 1905; Foundered during tow

  63. Lily; 23 November 1911; Hit snag & sunk

  64. Hartley; 2 April 1914; Sunk

  65. Commodore Perry; 27 July 1910; Lost

  66. Armeria; 20 May 1912; Struck/Sunk

  67. LV-82; Buffalo Station; 13 May 1913; lost during gale; all hands perished (6 crew)

  68. Tahoma; 20 September 1914; Ran aground

  69. McCulloch; 13 June 1917; Collided/Sunk

  70. Mohawk; 1 October 1917; Collided/Sunk

  71. LV-6; 6 February 1918; Sunk by moving ice

  72. LV-71; 6 August 1918; Sunk by U-boat gunfire

  73. Tampa; 26 September 1918; Torpedoed

  74. LV-51; 24 April 1919; Collided/Sunk

  75. Leader; 2 April 1920; Burned

  76. Cossack (AB-3); 9 May 1925; Burned

  77. CG-114; 16 November 1925; Lost at sea

  78. Moccasin; 18 September 1926; Lost in hurricane

  79. CG-247; 18 September 1926; Lost in hurricane

  80. CG-248; 18 September 1926; Lost in hurricane

  81. CG-238; 20 February 1927; Capsized in storm

  82. CG-113; 25 July 1928; Collided/Sunk

  83. CG-188; September 1928; Destroyed by hurricane

  84. Poinsettia; 27 December 1928; Explosion/Fire

  85. CG-111; 7 March 1931; Burned

  86. CG-243; 23 October 1931; Destroyed

  87. CG-256; 12 October 1933; Wrecked

  88. LV-117; 15 May 1934; Collided/Sunk

  89. Alexander Hamilton; 29 January 1942; Torpedoed

  90. Acacia; 12 March 1942; Torpedoed

  91. Muskeget; 9 September 1942; Torpedoed

  92. Natsek; 17 December 1942; Lost (Unknown)

  93. CG-85006; 27 March 1943; Explosion

  94. Escanaba; 13 June 1943; Torpedoed / Mined?

  95. CG-83421; 29 June 1943; Collision

  96. LST-167; [US Coast Guard-manned Navy landing ship]; 24 September 1943; Bombed/Burned

  97. Bodega; 30 September 1943; Ran aground

  98. EM Wilcox; 30 September 1943; Foundered

  99. LST-203: [US Coast Guard-manned Navy landing ship]; September 1943; Stranded on reef

  100. EM Dow; 14 October 1943; Ran aground

  101. USS Leopold; [US Coast Guard-manned Navy destroyer escort]; 9 March 1944; Torpedoed

  102. FS-172 [US Coast Guard-manned Army freighter]; 19 May 1944; Sunk

  103. USS LST-69; [US Coast Guard-manned Navy landing ship]; 21 May 1944; Burned 

  104. LCI(L)-85; [US Coast Guard-manned Navy infantry landing ship] 6 June 1944; Mined

  105. LCI(L)-91; [US Coast Guard-manned Navy infantry landing ship] 6 June 1944; Mined

  106. LCI(L)-92;  [US Coast Guard-manned Navy infantry landing ship]; 6 June 1944; Mined

  107. LCI(L)-93;  [US Coast Guard-manned Navy infantry landing ship]; 6 June 1944; Mined

  108. CG-83415; 21 June 1944; Lost in a storm

  109. CG-83471; 21 June 1944; Lost in a storm

  110. LV-105; 20 July 1944; Collided/Sunk

  111. Bedloe; 14 September 1944; Foundered in a storm

  112. Jackson; 14 September 1944; Foundered in a storm

  113. LV-73; 14 September 1944; Foundered in a storm

  114. USS Serpens [US Coast Guard-manned Navy cargo vessel]; 29 January 1945; Explosion

  115. FS-255 [US Coast Guard-manned Army freighter]; 11 May 1945; Torpedoed

  116. Sheepscot; 6 June 1945; [US Coast Guard-manned Navy tanker]; Ran aground

  117. Magnolia; 25 August 1945; Collided/Sunk

  118. USS PC-590; [US Coast Guard-manned Navy patrol craft]; 9 October 1945; Foundered in a typhoon

  119. CG-83301; 9 October 1945; Foundered in typhoon

  120. FS-406 [US Coast Guard-manned Army freighter]; 9 October Foundered in typhoon

  121. FS-163 [US Coast Guard-manned Army freighter]; 12 October 1945 Foundered in typhoon

  122. FS-41 [US Coast Guard-manned Army freighter]; 9 November 1945 Foundered in typhoon

  123. FS-290 [US Coast Guard-manned Army freighter]; 9 November 1945 Foundered in typhoon

  124. LV-78; 24 June 1960 Collided/Sunk

  125. White Alder; 7 December 1968 Collided/Sunk

  126. Cuyahoga; 20 October 1978 Collided/Sunk

  127. Blackthorn; 28 January 1980 Collided/Sunk

  128. Mesquite; 4 December 1989 Ran Aground/Stranded

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