USRC Moccasin was a Revenue Cutter purchased from the U.S. Navy in 1865 and immediately assigned to duty at Norfolk, Virginia where future Chief of the Revenue Marine Service, Leonard G. Shepard, future Chief of the Revenue Marine Bureau reported on board as a newly commissioned Third Lieutenant as part of the commissioning crew.

After repairs she was assigned to Newport, Rhode Island from 1869 to 1872 and then transferred to Charleston, South Carolina.

In 1881, she was taken to the Slater and Read Shipyard in New York City and was lengthened to 128 feet.

On 10 April 1882 she was recommissioned as USRC George Bibb and moved to the Great Lakes.

She became the merchant vessel Pentagoet which foundered in November 1898.