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USRC Forward (1842)
USRC ''Walter Forward'' was a schooner constructed for service with the United States Revenue Marine. She was more commonly known as USRC ''Forward''. ''Forward'' served with the U.S Army and U.S. Navy in Mexican waters during the Mexican-American War and was commended for her actions during the Tabasco River landings by Commodore Matthew C. Perry, U.S. Navy. After the war, she was transferred to the U.S. Coast Survey for a short time as USCS ''Walter Forward'' before being returned to the Revenue Marine for service during the 1850s and the American Civil War.
==Construction and commissioning==
The cutter ''Forward'' was built in Washington, D.C. at a cost of 3,786.75 by William Easby with construction was supervised by Captain Henry Prince, Revenue Marine. 〔"And Other Duties as Assigned", Pickled Fish and Salted Provisions, p 5〕 〔〔Noble, p 58〕 Prince apparently captained ''Forward'' from 23 April 1842 to 18 April 1843.〔 ''Forward'' was a topsail schooner of conventional copper-sheathed wood-hull construction with no machinery on board, was long and had a displacement of 139 tons.〔 She was designed to enforce customs laws and to assist mariners in distress.〔 ''Forward'' was named for Walter P. Forward, 15th United States Secretary of the Treasury〔
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