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.