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| 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.
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.
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