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Gallatin (U.S. revenue cutter (iron hull, steam and sail))

Type: U.S. revenue cutter (iron hull, steam and sail)
Also known as: Albert Gallatin
Built: 1871, Buffalo, N.Y.

Losses and wrecks

Wreck of the revenue cutter Gallatin on Boo Hoo Ledge (Jan. 6, 1892)

Sources

Sufferers by Wreck of United States Revenue Cutter Gallatin, House Report No. 1830, 56th Congress (May 29, 1900), U.S. House of Representatives (govinfo.gov Serial Set)
U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office cutter histories, U.S. Coast Guard
Albert Gallatin, Massachusetts Board of Underwater Archaeological Resources (Mass.gov)

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