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

[1] Officially the Roger B. Taney, this cutter initially made an inspection tour from Maine to Texas and then sailed to her first duty station at Norfolk, Virginia.

In January 1853, after repairs, she sailed to for duty in Eastport, Maine.

The Taney arrived back in Savannah in November 1855.

Damage due to a strike by lightning off Tybee Island forced the Government to sell the cutter on 5 January 1858.