Naval History and Heritage Command.
CALEB CUSHING
Schooner
LENGTH: 100 feet 4 inches
BEAM: 23 feet
DRAFT: 9 feet 7 inches
ARMAMENT:
one 32-pounder
one 12-pdr. Dahlgren
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The Caleb Cushing was a revenue cutter also known as the Morris, which was quietly boarded and seized early in the morning hours of 27 June 1863 while in then harbor at Portland, Maine, by Lt. Charles W. Read, CSN.
He and his men had quietly entered the harbor undetected on their prize schooner Archer.
--Old B-Runner
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