USRC Alabama

History
United States
NameUSRC Alabama
NamesakeU.S. state of Alabama
OperatorU.S. Revenue Marine
BuilderChristian Bergh, New York City
CostUS$4,500
CompletedJune 1819
HomeportMobile, Alabama
FateSold 6 August 1833
General characteristics
Class & typeAlabama-class schooner
Displacement56 tons
Length52 ft 0 in (15.85 m) (Keel)
Beam18 ft 6 in (5.64 m)
Draft5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Armament1 gun on amidships pivot, caliber unknown

USRC Alabama, was a wood-hull topsail schooner designed by William Doughty that was commissioned in the United States Revenue Marine from 1819 to 1833. Assigned the homeport of Mobile, Alabama, she sailed the Caribbean extensively with her sister ship, USRC Louisiana and was used mainly in anti-piracy activity.