Named after Secretaries of the Treasury and Presidents of the United States, these cutters were the backbone of the U.S. Revenue-Marine for more than a decade.

Samuel Humphreys designed these cutters for roles as diverse as fighting pirates, privateers, combating smugglers, and operating with United States Navy forces.

[1] After going into commission, Gallatin traveled to Wilmington, North Carolina.

On 16 November 1832, Gallatin was transferred to Charleston, South Carolina, to help suppress the efforts by South Carolina to nullify the Tariff of 1828.

She returned to Revenue-Marine service in October 1848 and was transferred back to the Coast Survey in August 1849.