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| | USS Richard Rush |
 | | Richard Rush, built for the Revenue Cutter Service by the Atlantic Works, East Boston, Mass., was launeheti 011 14 March 1874 and commissioned in that service, on 21 July 1874, Capt. J. |
 | | Assigned to duty out of San Francisco, Richard Rush rounded Cape Horn toward the end of 1874 and, in January 1875, commenced patrols in Alaskan waters. |
 | | During the Spanish-American War, she served with the west coast defense forces, and, by Executive order, was returned to the Treasury Department on 15 August 1898. |
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