80 years ago today, on 8 December 1944, auxiliary ocean-going tug USS Wampanoag (ATA-202) was commissioned, LT. Ralph M. Kurz, USNR in command. As of 25 February 1959 she became the USCGC Comanche (WATA-202), and today she is a operational museum ship in Tacoma, WA.
38 years ago today, on 7 December 1986, Treasury-class Cutter USCGC Taney WHEC-37 was decommissioned after fifty years of service.
She continues to serve as a museum ship in Baltimore, MD.
16 years ago today, on 24 November 2009, Treasury-class United States Coast Guard Cutter Ingham WHEC-35 arrived in Key West as museum ship.
USCGC Ingham Museum, Key West, FL
On 4 November 1949, USCGC Fir rescues 19 people off the distressed MV Andalucia, which had caught
fire off of Neah Bay, WA.
Fir 212 Restoration, Stockton, CA
On 22 October 1929, Lightship Chesapeake (LV-116) was launched at Charleston Drydock & Machine Company, in Charleston, SC.
Museum ship at Historic Ships in Baltimore, MD
16 January 1944, today 74 years ago USCGC Acacia (WLB-406) was laid down at Zenith Dredge in Duluth Minnesota
January 7 2005, 13 years ago today, USCGC Lilac (WAGL-227) was added to the National Register of HIstoric Places
