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USCG MUSEUM SHIPS PAGE The keel for the USCGC TANEY was laid down
on 1 May 1935. She was launched on 3 June 1936 and commissioned on 24
October 1936. After a distinguised career of 50 years she was formally
decommissioned on 7 December 1986 and turned over to the city of
Baltimore, Maryland for use as a museum ship. To read the full story
of TANEY, CLICK
HERE The keel
for the USCGC INGHAM was laid at the Philadelphia Navy yard 1 May 1935,
and was the fourth cutter to bear that name. She was launched on 3 June
1936 and formally commissioned on 12 September 1936. INGHAM was the
only cutter to ever be awarded two Presidential Unit Citations. She is
now a museum ship at the Patriots Point Maritime Museum in Charleston,
South Carolina where she rests in well deserved retirement. For the
complete story of the INGHAM CLICK HERE The keel
for LIGHTSHIP HURON was laid June 5th 1918. She was launched May 1st
1920 and commissioned December 22nd 1920. She was the only lightship in
service with a black hull. HURON was decommissioned on August 20th
1970 as the oldest lightship in the Coast Guard. On August 29th 1972
HURON was placed in an earth embankment along the St. Clair River in
the city of Port Huron. In 1990 HURON was dedicated as a National
Historic Landmark. For the complete story of LIGHTSHIP HURON CLICK
HERE The LIGHTSHIP AMBROSE was put into service
in 1907. She served the captains of New York Harbor many years. When
she was decommissioned in 1968 she was donated to the Seaport which has
preserved her as a museum. For the complete story of LIGHTSHIP
AMBROSE CLICK
HERE USCGC MCLANE was commissioned 8 April 1927
as a 125' class patrol boat. After a long career she was decommissioned
on 31 December 1968. She is now a floating museum at the USS
Silversides and Maritime Museum in Muskegon, Michigan. For the full
story of the USCGC MCLANE CLICK
HERE LIGHTSHIP CHESAPEAKE was launched 17
August 1930 and commissioned the same year. She began her career at
Fenwick Island Shoal and ended it in the Delaware bay. She was
decommissioned 6 January 1971 and became part of the Baltimore Maritime
Museum in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. For the full story of LIGHTSHIP
CHESAPEAKE CLICK
HERE The USCGC SUNDEW was launched in 1944. She
served as an icebreaker and buoy tender on the Great Lakes. She was
a museum at the Great Lakes Floating Maritime Museum in Duluth,
Minnesota. NOTE: USCGC Sundew has now been sold to Jeff Foster of
Foster trucking and is no longer a museum. For a short history of the
USCGC SUNDEW
CLICK HERE LIGHTSHIP PORTSMOUTH was built in 1915.
She served for 48 years off the coasts of Virginia, Delaware and
Massachusetts. She was retired in 1964 to Portsmouth, Virginia. She was
desiginated a National Historic Landmark in 1989 and now serves as a
ship museum. For the complete story of LIGHTSHIP PORTSMOUTH CLICK
HERE The keel for the USCGC BRAMBLE was laid on
02 August 1943. She was launched on 23 October 1943 and commissioned on
22 April 1944. She was one of thirty nine original 180' seagoing buoy
tenders. She was decommissioned on 22 May 2003 and is now a museum in
Port Huron, Michigan. For the complete story of the USCGC BRAMBLE CLICK
HERE USCGC MOHAWK WPG-78 was commissioned 19
January 1935. She was the fifth cutter named MOHAWK. On 1 November
1941 MOHAWK was directed to serve as part of the U.S. Navy assigned to
North Atlantic escort operations with the Greenland Patrol. She served
the entire war there and launched a total of 14 attacks against
submarine contacts. On 13 July 1948 MOHAWK was declared "Surplus of
needs of CG" and on 13 July 1948 she was put up for sale. She went
through various owners. MOHAWK is now permanently moored at Key West's
Truman Annex as a floating museum. For the complete story of the
MOHAWK CLICK
HERE USCGC
ACACIA WLB-406 was launched September 1, 1944. It was the second to the
last of a fleet of 37 similiar vessels completed during World War II.
ACACIA was a multi-purpose vessel, nominally a buoy tender but with
equipment and capabilities for ice breaking, search and rescue, fire
fighting, logistics and other tasks. After its 62-year career
throughout the Great Lakes ACACIA was decommissioned on June 7, 2006.
It now serves as a permanent floating museum in Chicago, IL. For more
information you might want to check out these two links - http://www.aai-acacia.org/ or http://www.uscgcacacia.org/ For
a
full story on ACACIA CLICK
HERE The
first active Lightship on the west coast, COLUMBIA RIVER LIGHTSHIP, was
towed to station in 1892. In 1909 it was replaced by a steel hull ship
with a steam-powered propeller. The ship was outfitted with a radio in
1920 and a radio beacon in 1925. During WWII, Columbia Lightship,
outfitted with a 3" gun, left her station and served as an examination
vessel. She served the station until 1951. For the complete story on
Columbia Lightship CLICK HERE 
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