Coulter -- United States Revenue Cutter Wolcott -- July 22, 2023

San Francisco Call, 29-May-1895

William A Coulter did many maritime drawings for the San Francisco Call. This one shows the revenue cutter USRC Oliver Wolcott, which was built by San Francisco's Risdon Iron Works in 1873. The Revenue Cutter Service was a predecessor of the US Coast Guard. Wolcott served mostly in the Pacific Northwest.

WATER - FRONT EVENTS

The Revenue Cutter Oliver

Wolcott Arrives From

San Diego.

The revenue cutter Oliver Wolcott, Captain Philips, arrived yesterday from San Diego. The steamer is the lone revenue vessel on the coast, the rest of the fleet having gone to Bering Sea.

Coulter -- United States Revenue Cutter Thetis -- June 23, 2023

San Francisco Call, 09-April-1904

William A Coulter did many maritime drawings for the San Francisco Call. This one shows the revenue cutter USRC Thetis preparing for a voyage to Hawaii. Thetis was a wooden-hulled steam whaler built in Britain. The US Navy acquired Thetis in 1884 to participate in the search for Lieutenant Adolphus Greely's Lady Franklin Bay Expedition, which had left the US in 1881. Revenue cutters Bear, Thetis and Alert. Only seven men, including Greely, were still alive.

In 1889, Thetis transferred to the Revenue Cutter Service, a predecessor of the US Coast Guard. She served mostly in the Pacific and in Arctic waters.

Long Cruise for Thetis.

The United States revenue cutter Thetis, Captain Hamlet, will sail to-day for Honolulu, where she will remain for several months and make her regular cruise in Alaskan waters. The Thetis formerly belonged to the navy and in spite of her age is one of the stoutest vessels flying the flag of the Treasury Department. She has the most comfortable quarters of any cutter in the revenue service.

Revenue Cutters -- February 26, 2012

This week Admiral Robert Papp, commandant of the Coast Guard, unveiled three new cutters in Alameda. This image, from the 14-April-1895 San Francisco Call, shows two famous Revenue Cutters, the the Rush and the Bear, in San Francisco Bay. The Bear was preparing to sail to patrol the Bering Sea.

William A Coulter did many maritime drawings for the newspaper. Click on the image to see a larger version.

Revenue Cutter Bear -- April 28, 2011

Revenue Cutter Bear was built as a sealer in 1874. In 1884, the United States Revenue Service purchased her to serve as a revenue cutter in Alaska. She served the Revenue Service and the Coast Guard as a cutter on and off until 1943. She paid yearly visits to San Francisco for refitting and replenishment. While there, she helped with recovery operations after the 1906 Earthquake and Fire. After WWII, she was refitted to serve again as a sealer, but didn't sail much. She sank in 1963 while being towed to Philadelphia to be converted into a restaurant.

From the 02-February-1895 San Francisco Call. William A Coulter did many maritime drawings for the newspaper.