USRC Diligence (1796)

History
United States
Name	Diligence
Namesake	None
Operator	Revenue Cutter Service
Cost	$28.50 per ton
Completed	1797[1]
Commissioned	19 October 1798 transferred to U.S. Navy unknown date
Recommissioned	20 May 1799 returned to U.S.R.C. Service
General characteristics
Class and type	Schooner
Displacement	187 Tons
Propulsion	Sail
Crew	50
Armament	12 X 6 pounders[2]

USRC Diligence was a cutter/schooner operated by the United States Revenue Cutter Service (later to become the US Coast Guard).

Operational service

Diligence was built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Taken into U. S. Navy service during the Quasi War. She was deployed to the Caribbean Sea. Sometime in early 1799 she and USS Eagle captured French ship Reynard.[3] She returned to Wilmington, North Carolina from the Caribbean on/about April 15, 1799. In a letter dated 20 May 1799 Navy Secretary Benjamin Stoddert notified the Treasury Secretary that he should consider her to be officially transferred back to the U.S.R.C. Service. A letter on June 4 from Navy Secretary Benjamin Stoddert notified the Treasury Secretary, Capt. John Brown and the Collector of Customs at Wilmington, North Carolina that control of her was released. At the time she was at Wilmington, North Carolina.[4][5]

Commanding officers

John Brown 1798 to at least 1799

References

1. Naval Documents related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France (PDF). Vol. VII Part 1 of 4: Naval Operations December 1800-December 1801, December 1800-March 1801. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 366. Retrieved 29 September 2024 – via Ibiblio.
2. Naval Documents related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France (PDF). Vol. VII Part 1 of 4: Naval Operations December 1800-December 1801, December 1800-March 1801. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 366. Retrieved 29 September 2024 – via Ibiblio.
3. "Early history of the U. S. Revenue Marine Service or (U.S. Revenue Cutter Service) 1798 to 1854 page 19" (PDF). R. L. Polk printing via Media.defence.gov. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
4. "Naval Documents related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France Volume 3 Part 2 of 4 Naval Operations April 1799 to July 1799, May, 1799 Pg. 220" (PDF). U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
5. "Naval Documents related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France Volume 3 Part 3 of 4 Naval Operations April 1799 to July 1799, June, 1799 Pg. 298-299" (PDF). U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio. Retrieved 14 April 2024.

[1]

1. "Early history of the U. S. Revenue Marine Service or (U.S. Revenue Cutter Service) 1798 to 1854 page 18" (PDF). R. L. Polk printing via Mediadefence.gov. Retrieved 13 April 2024.