Two cutters were to be assigned to "the coasts of Massachusetts and New Hampshire one for Long Island Sound one for New York one for the Bay of Delaware two for the Chesapeake (these of course to ply along the neighboring coasts) one for North Carolina and one for Georgia".
Under the enabling legislation that authorized the Revenue-Marine, the "System of Cutters", consisting of ten vessels were initially ordered and constructed. In modern times, any naval ship built for speed and agility is still referred to as a cutter. While some larger cutters had two or three masts, many cutters had only one, located more centrally on the ship than was typical of larger vessels. Ī cutter vessel is a small or medium-sized boat or sailing ship, built for speed and with a shallow draught. On 4 August 1790, the United States Congress, urged on by Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, created the Revenue-Marine, later renamed the Revenue Cutter Service by act of 31 July 1894 (28 Stat. Because of rampant smuggling, the need was immediate for strong enforcement of tariff laws. National income was desperately needed, and the government determined that a great deal of this income would come from tariffs on imports.
Immediately after the American Revolutionary War the new United States was struggling to stay afloat financially.
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