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{{For|ships with similar names|USS Hudson}}
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|Ship namesake=[[Hudson River]]<ref name=USCG01>"''Hudson'', 1893", Cutters, Craft & U.S. Coast Guard-Manned Army & Navy Vessels, U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office</ref>
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'''USRC ''Hudson''''', known for her service during the [[Battle of Cárdenas]], was the [[United States Revenue Cutter Service]]'s first vessel to have a steel hull and [[triple-expansion steam engine]].

==Construction==
''Hudson'' was built in the Camden, New Jersey shipyards of [[John H. Dialogue and Sons]] and was one of the first Revenue Cutter Service vessels to be completely designed by the service's recently established office of Superintendent of Construction.<ref name="Canney49-52" /> All of the blueprints and specifications for ''Hudson'' were turned over to the shipyard contractor and they were expected to build the vessel according to plan. Prior to establishment of the Superintendent's office by [[Commandant of the Coast Guard|Commandant]] [[Leonard G. Shepard]], the general layout of the vessel was left to the contractor.<ref name=Evans155-156>Evans, pp 155–156</ref> ''Hudson'' was the first revenue cutter designed with an all steel hull and triple expansion steam engines. Precise metallurgical specifications were used to construct the boiler plates, allowing a 160-pound boiler pressure that allowed the vessel the power to operate very successfully as a tug.<ref name=Evans156>Evans, p 156</ref> Shepard's successor, [[Charles F. Shoemaker]], noted in his Revenue Cutter Service annual report of 1897 that this was "the first and only effort at modern cutter construction up to 1895."<ref name=Evans156 /><ref name=King79>King, p 79</ref> When commissioned on 15 September 1893, ''Hudson'' was named for the [[Hudson River]] which empties into New York harbor.<ref name="USCG01"/>{{#tag:ref|DANFS claims that ''Hudson'' is named after [[William Levereth Hudson]], a U.S. Navy officer noted for his contributions to the [[Wilkes Exploring Expedition]] in 1838–1841 and to the laying of a trans-Atlantic cable in 1858.<ref name=DANFS>"Hudson", Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, U.S. Navy Naval History & Heritage Command</ref>|group=Note}}

==History==

===New York Harbor===
The crew of the decommissioned New York harbor tug {{USRC|Washington|1865|6}} was sent to ''Hudson'' as the crew and she immediately sailed for New York to assume the duties of a harbor tug after commissioning on 15 September 1893.<ref name=RoM34 /> Those duties included customs enforcement, checking ship documentation, quarantine enforcement, assistance to merchant ships, and search and rescue.<ref name=King62-63>King, pp 62–63</ref>

===Spanish–American War===
[[File:USRC Hudson and USRC Winslow.png|thumb|upright|left|USRC ''Hudson'', led by [[Frank Newcomb|Frank Hamilton Newcomb]], moves to assist a disabled {{USS|Winslow|TB-5|6}} during the [[Battle of Cárdenas|Second Battle of Cárdenas]].]]
''Hudson'' was assigned on 24 March 1898 to duty with the U.S. Navy for the [[Spanish–American War]].<ref name=RoM34 /><ref name=Canney49-52 /> On 3 April she arrived at the [[Norfolk Naval Shipyard]] at [[Norfolk, Virginia]] and was outfitted with two six-pound rapid-fire guns and a Colt automatic machine gun.<ref name=USCG01 /> Additionally, the pilothouse was armored with {{convert|5/8|in|mm|adj=on}} steel plate.<ref name=Evans169>Evans, p 169</ref> On 11 May 1898 ''Hudson'', along with the U.S. Navy warships {{USS|Winslow|TB-5|6}}, {{USS|Machias|PG-5|6}}, and {{USS|Wilmington|PG-8|6}}, had pursued three Spanish gunboats into the [[Bay of Cardenas]], Cuba. There, shore batteries fired on the U.S. vessels and disabled ''Winslow'', knocking out her steering and a boiler, thereby putting ''Winslow'' adrift. The accurate Spanish fire wounded ''Winslow''{{'}}s commanding officer and killed Ensign [[Worth Bagley]] and three crewmen.<ref name=Evans171>Evans, p 171</ref> Although under fire from the Spanish guns for over thirty minutes, ''Hudson'', commanded by First Lieutenant [[Frank H. Newcomb]], sailed into the bay to save the disabled ''Winslow''. Newcomb kept ''Hudson'' positioned in shoal waters near ''Winslow'', until a line was passed to ''Winslow'' and made fast. ''Hudson'' then towed ''Winslow'' out of danger. During the time in the bay, both vessels continually fired on the Spanish positions. ''Hudson'' carried the bodies of those killed as well as the wounded, along with the dispatches of the squadron off Cardenas, to [[Havana, Cuba]], arriving there on 14 May 1898. She remained there on blockade duty for a short time before departing to [[Key West, Florida]]. Another period of patrol ended 10 July as she returned to the blockading fleet with further dispatches. ''Hudson'' captured two fishing vessels that attempted to run the blockade off Havana. On 17 August ''Hudson'' was returned to [[United States Treasury Department|Treasury Department]] control and she then departed for Norfolk, via Key West and Savannah, and arrived there on 21 August 1898.<ref name=USCG01 /><ref name=RoM34 />

====Cardenas Medal====
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On 27 June 1898, President [[William McKinley]] recommended to Congress that the officers and crew of ''Hudson'' be awarded medals for their heroic actions at the [[Bay of Cardenas]] during the rescue of ''Winslow''. Congress passed legislation awarding the [[Cardenas Medal]] to the crew of ''Hudson'' on 3 May 1900 (31 Stat. 717, 56th Congress).<ref name=Senate>Glassman, "Congressional Gold Medals, 1776–2014", United States Senate, Congressional Research Service, p. 24</ref>

===Later service===
''Hudson'' arrived at New York on 6 October 1898 where she continued with her traditional duties; however, on 24 October she was ordered to [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] to participate in a naval parade. She returned to New York after repairs were completed on 27 October.<ref name=RoM34 /> On 26 June she patrolled an intercollegiate [[regatta]] at [[Poughkeepsie, New York]] returning to New York harbor afterwards. On 26 January 1909 she had a collision with tow steamer {{SS|Bouker||2}} off [[The Battery (New York)|The Battery]], [[New York City]] causing considerable damage to ''Bouker''.<ref name=Penn>Annual Report of the Supervising Inspector-general..., Penn State University</ref> At the declaration of war on Germany by Congress on 6 April 1917 ''Hudson'' was once again assigned to the U.S. Navy for service during [[World War I]].<ref name=RoM34 /> On 6 April, she assisted the Collector of Customs at the [[Port of New York and New Jersey|Port of New York]] in transfer of the officers of the seized cruise liner [[SS Leviathan|''Vaterland'']] to Ellis Island for [[internment]].<ref name=Larzelere190-191>Larzelere, pp 190–191</ref> During the war she was assigned port security and customs boarding duties initially, but later outfitted for [[minesweeping]] duties near [[Port Jefferson, New York]]. After December 1917, ''Hudson'' was used to patrol explosive loading barges near the Port of New York.<ref name=Larzelere183-184>Larzelere, pp 183–184</ref> She continued her service with the Navy until returned to Treasury Department control by [[Executive order (United States)|Executive Order]] on 28 August 1919.<ref name=RoM34 /> ''Hudson'' was sent to Norfork for repairs in 1922, and to the [[United States Coast Guard Yard|Coast Guard Depot]] in [[Curtis Bay, Maryland]] in 1928; after each yard availability she returned to New York City for regular duties.<ref name=RoM34 /> She was decommissioned on 3 May 1935 and sold.<ref name=Canney49-52 />

==Awards==
*[[Sampson Medal]]
*[[Spanish Campaign Medal]]
*[[World War I Victory Medal (United States)|World War I Victory Medal]]

==Notes==
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* {{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pst.000071882802&view=1up&seq=281 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1910 |publisher=Penn State University |access-date=12 January 2020}}
* {{cite web|title=Hudson|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/h8/hudson-ii.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040315134748/http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/h8/hudson-ii.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 March 2004|website=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships|publisher=U.S. Navy Naval History & Heritage Command|access-date=1 September 2014}}
* {{cite web|title=''Hudson'', 1893|url=http://www.uscg.mil/history/cutters/USRC/Hudson1893.pdf|website=Cutters, Craft & U.S. Coast Guard-Manned Army & Navy Vessels|publisher=U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office|access-date=1 September 2014}}
* {{cite web|title=Record of Movements, Vessels of the United States Coast Guard, 1790–December 31, 1933|publisher=U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Transportation (1989 reprint)|url=http://www.uscg.mil/history/articles/RecordofMovements.pdf}}
* {{cite book|last=Canney|first=Donald L.|title=U.S. Coast Guard and Revenue Cutters, 1790–1935|year=1995|publisher=Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland|isbn=978-1-55750-101-1}}
* {{cite book|last=Evans|first=Stephen H.|title=The United States Coast Guard 1790–1915: A Definitive History|year=1949|publisher=Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland}}
* {{cite web|last1=Glassman|first1=Matthew Eric|title=Congressional Gold Medals, 1776–2014|url=https://www.senate.gov/CRSReports/crs-publish.cfm?pid='0E%2C*PL%5B%3C%230%20%20%0A|website=United States Senate|publisher=Congressional Research Service|access-date=1 September 2014|page=24|date=29 April 2014}}
* {{cite book|last=King|first=Irving H.|title=The Coast Guard Expands, 1865–1915: New Roles, New Frontiers|year=1996|publisher=Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland|isbn=978-1-55750-458-6|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/coastguardexpand0000king}}

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