USRC Gallatin (1871)

USRC Gallatin, was a Gallatin Class cutter of the United States Revenue Cutter Service in commission from 1874 to 1892. She was the fourth ship of the United States Revenue Cutter Service to bear the name, and was also known as Albert Gallatin.

Gallatin was laid down by David Bell Co. at Buffalo, New York, in 1871 and commissioned in 1874. She was equipped with a Fowler steering propeller, which was a six-bladed screw with a separate engine for steering and reversing, but it proved to be uneconomical; both the machinery and propeller were replaced in 1874.

Gallatin was stationed at Boston, Massachusetts She cruised from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to Holmes Hole, Massachusetts. She sank off Cape Ann on 6 January 1892.