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 USCGC 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); technically not a lost "cutter."

2)   Governor Williams; September 1802; Lost

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

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

5)   Madison; 24 November 1812; Captured by British

6)   Gallatin; 1 April 1813; Lost as a result of an explosion

7)   Surveyor; 12 June 1813; Captured by British

8)   Eagle; October 1814; Captured by British

9)   Crawford; 27 March 1829; Lost

10)  Sam Patch; December 1830; Lost

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

12)  Vigilant; October 1844; Destroyed by hurricane

13)  Morris; 11 October 1846; Driven ashore in storm

14)  Jefferson (Crawford II); 15 December 1847; Wrecked

15)  Alexander Hamilton; 9 December 1853; Lost in a gale

16)  Fairy; September 1854; Ran aground

17)  Eliza; March 1857; Ran aground

18)  Frying Pan Shoals Lightship; 1861; Seized/Sunk by Confederacy

19)  Alert; 18 January 1861; Seized by Confederacy

20)  Buchanan; 18 April 1861; Seized by Confederacy

21)  Helen; January 1861; Seized by Confederacy

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

23)  Washington; 31 January 1861; Seized by Confederacy

24)  Cass; 31 January 1861; Seized by Confederacy

25)  Dodge; 2 March 1861; Seized by Confederacy

26)  North Wind; April 1861; Seized by Confederacy

27)  York Spit Lightship; April 1861; Seized by Confederacy

28)  Wolf Trap Lightship; April 1861; Seized by Confederacy

29)  Windmill Point Lightship; April 1861; Seized by Confederacy

30)  Smith's Point Lightship; April 1861; Seized by Confederacy

31)  Lower Cedar Point Lightship; April 1861; Seized by Confederacy

32)  Upper Cedar Point Lightship; April 1861; Seized by Confederacy

33)  Jasper (or Firefly); 1861; Seized by Confederacy

34)  McClelland; 1861; Seized by Confederacy

35)  Bowler's Rock Lightship; 1861; Seized by Confederacy

36)  Harbor Island Lightship; 1861; Seized by Confederacy

37)  Rattlesnake Shoal Lightship; 1861; Seized by Confederacy

38)  Howell Cobb (USRC); 1861; Seized by Confederacy

39)  Duane 18 April 1861; Seized by Confederacy

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

41)  Horse Shoe Shoals Lightship 1862; Captured by Confederacy

42)  Harriet Lane; 1 January 1863; Captured by Confederacy

43)  Combahee Bank; Lightship 1863; Captured by Confederacy

44)  Cushing; 27 June 1863; Captured/Burned by Confederacy

45)  Martha; 16 July 1864; Captured/Burned by Confederacy

46)  Winslow; 14 October 1864; Wrecked on bar

47)  Vigilant; 7 February 1866; Wrecked

48)  Chaos; August 1866; Ran aground

49)  Flora (Nemaha); 7 February 1868; Burned

50)  Bowen; August 1872; Capsized

51)  Bronx; 4 April 1873; Foundered

52)  Guthrie; 17 November 1873; Grounded in hurricane

53)  Pink; 2 June 1881; Sunk

54)  Narragansett; 21 September 1887; Lost in a hurricane

55)  Ivy; 23 January 1888; Crushed by ice

56)  Gallatin; 6 January 1892; Sunk

57)  LV-37; 24 August 1893; Sunk

58)  Bouquet; 29 August 1893; Wrecked in a storm

59)  LV-58; 11 December 1905; Foundered during tow

60)  Lily; 23 November 1911; Hit snag & sunk

61)  Hartley; 2 April 1914; Sunk

62)  Commodore Perry; 27 July 1910; Lost

63)  Armeria; 20 May 1912; Struck/Sunk

64)  Tahoma; 20 September 1914; Ran aground

65)  McCulloch; 13 June 1917; Collided/Sunk

66)  Mohawk; 1 October 1917; Collided/Sunk

67)  LV-6; 6 February 1918; Sunk by moving ice

68)  LV-71; 6 August 1918; Sunk by U-boat gunfire

69)  Tampa; 26 September 1918; Torpedoed

70)  LV-51; 24 April 1919; Collided/Sunk

71)  Leader; 2 April 1920; Burned

72)  Cossack (AB-3); 9 May 1925; Burned

73)  CG-114; 16 November 1925; Lost at sea

74)  Moccasin; 18 September 1926; Lost in hurricane

75)  CG-247; 18 September 1926; Lost in hurricane

76)  CG-248; 18 September 1926; Lost in hurricane

77)  CG-238; 20 February 1927; Capsized in storm

78)  CG-113; 25 July 1928; Collided/Sunk

79)  CG-188; September 1928; Destroyed by hurricane

80)  Poinsettia; 27 December 1928; Explosion/Fire

81)  CG-111; 7 March 1931; Burned

82)  CG-243; 23 October 1931; Destroyed

83)  CG-256; 12 October 1933; Wrecked

84)  LV-117; 15 May 1934; Collided/Sunk

85)  Alexander Hamilton; 29 January 1942; Torpedoed

86)  Acacia; 12 March 1942; Torpedoed

87)  Muskeget 9 September 1942; Torpedoed

88)  Natsek; 17 December 1942; Lost (Unknown)

89)  CG-85006; 27 March 1943; Explosion

90)  Escanaba; 13 June 1943; Torpedoed / Mined?

91)  CG-83421; 29 June 1943; Collision

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

93)  Bodega; 30 September 1943; Ran aground

94)  EM Wilcox; 30 September 1943; Foundered

95)  LST-203; [US Coast Guard-manned Navy landing ship]; September 1943; Stranded on reef

96)  EM Dow; 14 October 1943; Ran aground

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

104) CG-83415; 21 June 1944; Lost in a storm

105) CG-83471; 21 June 1944; Lost in a storm

106) LV-105; 20 July 1944; Collided/Sunk

107) Bedloe; 14 September 1944; Foundered in a storm

108) Jackson; 14 September 1944; Foundered in a storm

109) LV-73; 14 September 1944; Foundered in a storm

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

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

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

113) Magnolia; 25 August 1945; Collided/Sunk

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

115) CG-83301; 9 October 1945; Foundered in typhoon

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

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

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

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

120) LV-78; 24 June 1960 Collided/Sunk

121) White Alder; 7 December 1968 Collided/Sunk

122) Cuyahoga; 20 October 1978 Collided/Sunk

123) Blackthorn; 28 January 1980 Collided/Sunk

124) Mesquite; 4 December 1989 Ran Aground/Stranded

Last Modified 9/23/2008