USRC Active, was a revenue cutter of the United States Revenue Cutter Service in commission from 1867 to 1875.
[1] She was the fifth Revenue Cutter Service ship to bear the name.
Lynn, Active was commissioned in 1867 and served her entire career homeported at New Bedford, Massachusetts.
[2] She was the lead ship of the Active class of six revenue schooners built at three different yards.
[1][Note 1] Active and her sister ship Resolute, also built by Lynn, were among the last strictly sail-powered cutters built for the Revenue Service.