The Active-class patrol boat was one of the most useful and long-lasting classes of United States Coast Guard cutters. Of the 35 built in the 1920s, 16 were still in service during the 1960s. The last to be decommissioned from active service was the Morris in 1970; the last in actual service was the Cuyahoga, which sank after an accidental collision in 1978.
Active-class patrol boat General Greene, 1962
USCGC Cahoone (WSC-131)
USCGC Faunce (WSC-138) in World War II camouflage
USCGC Cuyahoga (WIX-157)
USCGC Jackson was an Active-class cutter of the United States Coast Guard. She capsized in 1944, killing twenty one of forty crew members.
USCGC Jackson on 31 March 1927 on the Delaware River
The crew of USCGC Jackson are rescued by an amphibious aircraft, after being adrift for 58 hours.