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USRC ''Pawtuxet'' was a screw steam revenue cutter built for the United States Revenue Marine during the American Civil War. ''Pawtuxet'' appears to have spent her brief career with the Revenue Marine working in and around Massachusetts and Rhode Island. After less than three years as a revenue cutter, she was sold in 1867 due to dissatisfaction with her machinery, and earmarked for merchant service in China. Nothing further is known of her career. ==Construction and design== ''Pawtuxet'' was one of six ''Pawtuxet''-class screw schooners ordered by the Treasury Department in 1863 for the United States Revenue Marine. The lead ship in her class, she was built in New York by Thomas Stack for the sum of $103,000, and launched on 7 July 1863.〔("''Pawtuxet'', 1863" ), U.S. Coast Guard website.〕 ''Pawtuxet'' was long, with a beam of and both draft〔 and hold depth of .〔("The New Revenue Cutters—The Launch of Two of Them" ), ''The New York Times'', 1863-07-10.〕〔("Naval News" ), ''The New York Times'', 1864-11-02.〕 Like the other ships of her class, her contract called for a hull of oak, locust and white oak, strengthened with diagonal iron bracing.〔 Her two-cylinder oscillating engine, built by New York's Novelty Iron Works, drove a single 8-foot (2.4 m) diameter screw propeller.〔〔 ''Pawtuxet''s speed is unrecorded but was probably similar to the 12 knots achieved by her sister ship USRC ''Kankakee''.〔 She was topsail schooner-rigged for auxiliary sail power.〔 ''Pawtuxet''s armament consisted of a single 30-pounder Parrott rifle pivot gun, and five 24-pounder howitzers, one mounted in a pivot aft.〔〔 She was crewed by a complement of seven officers and 34 enlisted men.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USRC Pawtuxet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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