Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "USRC Richard Rush was a Dexter-class cutter of the United States Revenue Cutter Service which served in the coastal waters of the western United States and the Department of Alaska. With a displacement of 179 tons, the vessel was 140 feet (43 m) long, 23 feet (7.0 m) in beam, and drew 8 feet 10 inches (2.69 m). Propulsion was provided by both a 400 hp (300 kW) steam engine driving a single propeller, and a schooner-rig of sail.Rush was built by the Atlantic Iron Works in Boston, Massachusetts, launched 14 March 1874, and commissioned 21 July of that year. Fitting-out was completed in New York, and on 15 September the cutter sailed for San Francisco, arriving there 8 January 1875 after rounding Cape Horn. Among the plankowners was then First Lieutenant Michael A. Healy who at the time had never been on Alaska cruise but would later become an experienced captain of the Rush, Corwin, and Bear and become known throughout Alaskan waters as \"Hell Roaring Mike\" Healy. Healy assumed command of Rush in 1881 as a first lieutenant."@en }
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- USRC_Richard_Rush_(1874) abstract "USRC Richard Rush was a Dexter-class cutter of the United States Revenue Cutter Service which served in the coastal waters of the western United States and the Department of Alaska. With a displacement of 179 tons, the vessel was 140 feet (43 m) long, 23 feet (7.0 m) in beam, and drew 8 feet 10 inches (2.69 m). Propulsion was provided by both a 400 hp (300 kW) steam engine driving a single propeller, and a schooner-rig of sail.Rush was built by the Atlantic Iron Works in Boston, Massachusetts, launched 14 March 1874, and commissioned 21 July of that year. Fitting-out was completed in New York, and on 15 September the cutter sailed for San Francisco, arriving there 8 January 1875 after rounding Cape Horn. Among the plankowners was then First Lieutenant Michael A. Healy who at the time had never been on Alaska cruise but would later become an experienced captain of the Rush, Corwin, and Bear and become known throughout Alaskan waters as \"Hell Roaring Mike\" Healy. Healy assumed command of Rush in 1881 as a first lieutenant.".