USS Corwin

Two naval ships of the United States have been named Corwin after Secretary of the Treasury Thomas Corwin.

USS Corwin (1849), was a side wheel gunboat, wooden steamer built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1849.
USRC Thomas Corwin (1876) was a revenue cutter built at Portland, Oregon, by the Oregon Iron Works in 1876.

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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

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