{{Short description|Ship of the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image |image= |image_caption= }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header= |country=United States |flag={{USN flag|1865}} |name= |namesake= |owner= |operator=United States Revenue Marine |registry= |route= |ordered= |awarded= |builder= |original_cost=25,000{{USD}}<ref name=Canney31-32>Canney, pp 31–32</ref> |yard_number= |way_number= |laid_down= |launched=1853 as ''Lady Le Marchant'' |sponsor= |christened= |completed= |acquired=28 January 1862 |commissioned=28 January 1862 |recommissioned= |decommissioned=19 April 1871 |maiden_voyage= |in_service= |out_of_service= |renamed= |reclassified= |refit= |struck= |reinstated= |homeport= |identification= |motto= |nickname= |honours= |honors= |captured= |fate=Sold to Mason, Hobbs & Co.; Philadelphia for 2,149 {{USD}} |notes=Former British yacht, ''Lady Le Marchant'' |badge= }}
|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics |hide_header= |header_caption= |class= |type=Schooner |tonnage= |displacement=213 tons |tons_burthen= |length={{cvt|115|ft}} |beam= |height= |draught= |draft= |depth= |hold_depth= |decks= |deck_clearance= |ramps= |ice_class= |power= |propulsion=2-cylinder steam engine, 1 screw |sail_plan= |speed= |range= |endurance= |test_depth= |boats= |capacity= |troops= |complement=unknown |crew= |time_to_activate= |sensors= |EW= |armament=1 × 24-pounder; 1 × 12-pounder |armour= |armor= |aircraft= |aircraft_facilities= |notes= }} }} The '''USRC ''Miami'' ''' was purchased by the Revenue Cutter Service from Arthur Leary for $25,000 and was formerly the ''Lady Le Marchant'', a 115-foot schooner-rigged steamer with a hull of teak planks over oak frames.<ref name="Canney31-32" /><ref name=RoM417>Record of Movements, p 417</ref> After outfitting she was stationed briefly in Washington, D.C.
In April, 1862 she transported President Abraham Lincoln and others to Hampton Roads, Virginia, soon after the Battle of Hampton Roads between the ironclads {{ship|CSS|Virginia}} (ex-USS ''Merrimac'') and the {{USS|Monitor}}.<ref name="Canney31-32" /> After a transfer to New York City, she was tasked with escorting the captured Confederate steamer ''Chesapeake'' from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to New York City on 15 March 1864.<ref name="RoM417" /> The ''Miami'' underwent repairs at Newport, Rhode Island, after being transferred there in November, 1864. Additional repairs were done during 1867 at Staten Island and then she saw service out of Wilmington, Delaware, until being sold to Mason, Hobbs & Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for $2,149 on 19 April 1871.<ref name="Canney31-32" /><ref name="RoM417" />
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===References used=== {{refbegin}} * {{DANFS}} * {{cite book|last=Canney|first=Donald L.|title=U.S. Coast Guard and Revenue Cutters, 1790–1935|year=1995|publisher=Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland|isbn=978-1-55750-101-1}} * {{cite web |title=Record of Movements, Vessels of the United States Coast Guard, 1790–December 31, 1933 |url=https://media.defense.gov/2020/Mar/09/2002261298/-1/-1/0/USCG_RECORD_OF_MOVEMENTS.PDF |website=Historic Documents |publisher=U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office |accessdate=21 October 2020 |format=PDF |archive-date=21 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021224842/https://media.defense.gov/2020/Mar/09/2002261298/-1/-1/0/USCG_RECORD_OF_MOVEMENTS.PDF |url-status=live }} {{refend}}
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