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USRC ''Levi Woodbury'' was a screw steam revenue cutter built for the United States Revenue Cutter Service during the American Civil War. Built in 1863–64, she became one of the longest-serving revenue cutters in the Service's history, and was the oldest active-duty ship in U.S. government service by the end of her 51-year career. Originally named ''Mahoning'', the ship spent almost her entire career operating off the coasts of Maine and Massachusetts, where through the course of several decades she accumulated an outstanding record for aiding ships in distress. Other highlights of her career included the foiling of a filibuster raid on Cuba in 1869, and participation in the funeral pageant of renowned philanthropist George Peabody. She also briefly served as USS ''Woodbury'' in the Spanish–American War. After her final decommission in 1915, ''Levi Woodbury'' was placed into service as the merchant ''Laksco''. She disappears from shipping records in 1932. ==Construction and design== ''Levi Woodbury''—originally named ''Mahoning'' after a creek and a valley in Pennsylvania—was one of six ''Pawtuxet''-class screw schooners ordered by the Treasury Department in 1863 for the United States Revenue Marine. ''Mahoning'' was built in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by J. W. Lynn.〔("''Mahoning'', 1863" ), U.S. Coast Guard website.〕 Among those aboard for the launch, on the afternoon of Wednesday, 29 July 1863, were "a number of ladies, many officers of the Philadelphia Navy Yard, and other invited guests." ''Mahoning'' was christened by Miss Rebecca B. Thomas, daughter of Philadelphia's Collector of Ports, Colonel W. B. Thomas.〔("Launch of a Revenue Cutter" ), ''The New York Times'', 1863-07-31.〕 ''Mahoning'' was long, with a beam of and both draft and hold depth of .〔(''"Woodbury"'' ), Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Naval History & Heritage Command website.〕〔("The New Revenue Cutters—The Launch of Two of Them" ), ''The New York Times'', 1863-07-10.〕〔("Naval News" ), ''The New York Times'', 1864-11-02.〕 Like the other ships of her class, her contract called for a hull of oak, locust and white oak, strengthened with diagonal iron bracing.〔 Her two-cylinder oscillating engine drove a single 8-foot (2.4 m) diameter screw propeller.〔〔 ''Mahoning''s speed is unrecorded but was probably similar to the 12 knots achieved by her sister ship USRC ''Kankakee''.〔 She was topsail schooner-rigged for auxiliary sail power.〔 ''Mahoning''s armament consisted of a single 30-pounder Parrott rifle and five 24-pounder howitzers.〔 She was crewed by a complement of seven officers and 34 enlisted men.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USRC Levi Woodbury」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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