USRC Scammel (1791)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Scammel |
| Namesake | Alexander Scammell, Army Adjutant General |
| Owner | Department of the Treasury |
| Operator | Revenue-Marine |
| Builder | Joseph Whipple |
| Laid down | 15 February 1791 |
| Launched | 24 August 1791 |
| Commissioned | 1791 |
| Decommissioned | 1798 |
| Fate | Sold 16 August 1798 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 51 85/95 tons |
| Length | 57.6 ft |
| Beam | 15.8 ft |
| Draft | 6.5 ft |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Complement | 4 officers |
| Crew | 4 enlisted, 2 boys |
| Armament | 10 muskets, 20 pistols |
USRC Scammel was one of the first ten cutters operated by the United States Revenue-Marine (later to become the U.S. Coast Guard). Her original name was Ferret.
Scammel was named by Alexander Hamilton for Adjutant General Alexander Scammell of New Hampshire, but one notes that Hamilton was rather careless about spelling - as were many men of letters of that time. This was the second cutter to receive the name of a Revolutionary hero but with an incorrect spelling (USRC General Green was the first, the correct spelling is Greene).