[3] Built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by Bierly & Hillman, Relief was commissioned in 1867 and served what is known of her entire career homeported at Indianola, Texas.

[2] She was the lead ship of the Relief-class of two revenue schooners built to her specifications.

[Note 2] Relief and her sister ship, Rescue also built by Bierly & Hillman, were among the last strictly sail-powered cutters built for the Revenue Service.

[3] On 18 September Relief was transferred temporarily to Key West, Florida due to an outbreak of yellow fever in the Indianola area.

No Revenue Cutter Service record exists of her movements after 19 July 1870.