The USCGC Bear Found

[Squire Robertsson]

Coast Guard: Wreck found in Atlantic is storied cutter Bear

 

[JonC]

Very cool.

 

[Squire Robertsson]

Too bad it can't be raised. She would be the CG's version of the Constitution.

 

[Bible Thumpin n Gun Totin]

I never realized the U.S still used sail power as a backup to steam on their ships in the 1900s. I figured most everything 1900+ was all steel, iron and steam alone.

 

[Squire Robertsson]

The USRC Bear was built in 1874.