USS Corwin

Three 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.
USCGC Corwin (1925) was a Coast Guard patrol boat built in Michigan at the Defoe Boat and Motor Works in 1925.

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