High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USCGC Matagorda (WPB-1303) is a United States Coast Guard Island-class patrol boat.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USCGC Dexter (WAVP-385), originally WACG-18, later WHEC-385, was a Casco-class United States Coast Guard Cutter in service from 1946 to 1952 and from 1958 to 1968. She was the fourth ship of the United States Revenue Cutter Service or United States Coast Guard to bear the name.

ISBN: 978-5-5080-0220-6

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The steel-hulled United States Coast Guard harbor tug, USCGC Swivel was one of fifteen 65-foot harbor tugs that entered service in the 1960s. Each was built to replace the 64-foot wooden-hulled harbor tugs built during the 1940s. The USCGC Swivel was built by the Gibbs Corporation of Jacksonville, Florida at a cost of $158 thousand dollars. She was commissioned on 27 October 1961. The 65-footers remained unnamed until the mid-1960s. Swivel was assigned to the First Coast Guard District and was based in Rockland, Maine. Her crew consisted of an Officer in Charge (OINC), a Chief Boatswain Mate (E-7); an Executive Petty Officer (XPO), a First Class Boatswain Mate (E-6); an Engineering Petty...

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USCGC Ingham (WHEC-35), one of only two preserved Treasury-class United States Coast Guard Cutters. Originally Samuel D. Ingham, she was the fourth cutter to be named for Treasury Secretary Samuel D. Ingham. She was the most decorated vessel in the Coast Guard fleet and was the only cutter to ever be awarded two Presidential Unit Citations.

ISBN: 978-5-5142-0088-7

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USCGC Wachusett (WHEC-44) was an Owasco class high endurance cutter built for World War II service with the United States Coast Guard. She was commissioned too late for service in that war and consequently did not see military service until the Vietnam War.

ISBN: 978-5-5118-3913-4

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USCGC Minnetonka (WHEC-67) was an Owasco class high endurance cutter built for World War II service with the United States Coast Guard. The war ended before the ship was completed and consequently Minnetonka did not see wartime service until the Vietnam war.

ISBN: 978-5-5118-3496-2

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USCGC Yamacraw (WARC-333) was a Cable Repair Ship of the United States Coast Guard. Built for the Army Mine Planter Service as U. S. Army Mine Planter Maj. Gen. Arthur Murray (MP-8) and delivered December 1942. On 2 January 1945 the ship was acquired by the Navy and converted to an Auxiliary Minelayer by the Charleston Navy Yard to become the USS Trapper (ACM-9), commissioned 15 March 1945 the ship was headed to the Pacific when Japan surrendered. After work in Japanese waters the ship headed for San Francisco.

ISBN: 978-5-5118-4074-1

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USCGC Campbell (WPG-32) was a 327-foot (100 m) Secretary-Class (also known as "Treasury Class") Coast Guard ship built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in 1935-1936 and commissioned in 1936. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. The Campbell was named for George Washington Campbell, a native of Scotland, who served as a Secretary of the Treasury under President James Madison. The ship earned the title "Queen of the Seas" during a 46-year career, spanning World War II, the Korean War, and Vietnam War.

ISBN: 978-5-5087-4239-3

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USCGC Morgenthau (WHEC 722), commissioned on March 10, 1969, was the eighth of twelve 378-foot Hamilton-class high endurance cutters (WHECs) built by Avondale Shipyards in New Orleans, Louisiana. First homeported at Governors Island, New York, Morgenthau was active in the Vietnam War, conducting underway replenishment, naval gunfire support, and patrol duties off the coast of Vietnam until relieved by a 311` cutter in 1971. Her current motto, translated from latin, is "Pride of the Pacific."Morgenthau is currently homeported at Integrated Support Command Alameda, Coast Guard Island, Alameda, California.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USCGC Cook Inlet (WAVP-384), later WHEC-384, was a Casco-class United States Coast Guard cutter in service from 1949 to 1971.

ISBN: 978-5-5138-7247-4

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USCGC Unimak (WAVP-379), later WHEC-379, WTR-379, and again WHEC-379, was a United States Coast Guard Casco-class cutter in commission from 1949 to 1975 and from 1977 to 1988. Her radio callsign was NBVG.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USCGC Northwind (WAG/WAGB-282), The Grand Old Lady of the North, was a Wind-class icebreaker, the second United States Coast Guard Cutter of her class to bear the name. She was built to replace USCGC Northwind/Staten Island (WAG-278) which was in U.S.S.R. lend-lease service.

ISBN: 978-5-5089-5704-9

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USCGC Rockaway (WAVP-377), later WAGO-377, WHEC-377, and WOLE-377, was a Casco-class United States Coast Guard cutter in service from 1949 to 1972.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USCGC Winona (WHEC-65) was an Owasco class high endurance cutter built for World War II service with the United States Coast Guard. The war ended before the ship was completed and consequently she did not see wartime service until the Vietnam War.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USCGC Point Brown (WPB-82362) was an 82 foot Point-class cutter constructed by J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. at Tacoma, Washington in 1967 for use as a law enforcement and search and rescue patrol boat.

ISBN: 978-5-5125-1207-4

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USCGC Thetis (WMEC-910) is a United States Coast Guard medium endurance cutter. Laid down August 24, 1984 by Robert Derecktor Shipyard Incorporated of Middletown, Rhode Island. She was launched April 29, 1986 and named for the Greek goddess Thetis the mother of Achilles. She was commissioned on June 30, 1989. Thetis conducts patrols throughout the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. Her duties include drug interdiction, marine environmental protection, alien migration and interdiction operations, search and rescue and military readiness. Patrols last anywhere from 4 to 9 weeks.

ISBN: 978-5-5118-3845-8

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USCGC Half Moon (WAVP-378), later WHEC-378, was a Casco-class United States Coast Guard cutter in service from 1948 to 1969.

ISBN: 978-5-5138-0723-0

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USCGC Pontchartrain (WHEC-70) was an Owasco class high endurance cutter built for World War II service with the United States Coast Guard. The ship was commissioned just days before the end of the war and thus did not see combat action until the Vietnam war.

ISBN: 978-5-5118-3628-7

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USCGC Matagorda (WAVP-373), later WHEC-373, was a Casco-class United States Coast Guard Cutter in service from 1949 to 1967.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USCGC Tampa (WMEC-902) is a United States Coast Guard medium endurance cutter. She was commissioned 16 March 1984. Her motto, "Thy way is the sea, thy path in the great waters", matches the inscription that is engraved on the memorial at Arlington National Cemetery for the 131 persons lost following the sinking of a previous cutter Tampa on September 18, 1918.

ISBN: 978-5-5118-3786-4

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USCGC Patrol, later AB-38, was a United States Coast Guard patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918 and from 1919 to 1940. She was the second vessel of the United States Revenue Cutter Service or U.S. Coast Guard to bear the name Patrol.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USCGC McCullough (WAVP-386), later WHEC-386, was a Casco-class United States Coast Guard Cutter in service from 1946 to 1972. She was the fourth ship of the United States Revenue Cutter Service or United States Coast Guard to bear the name.

ISBN: 978-5-5118-3429-0

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USCGC Tahoma (WMEC-908) is a United States Coast Guard medium endurance cutter. Her keel was laid on June 28, 1983 at Robert Derecktor Shipyard Incorporated, Middletown, Rhode Island. She was delivered August 12, 1987 and commissioned April 6, 1988. She is the third cutter to bear the name Tahoma, which is the Northwest Pacific Indian word that refers to the Cascade Range mountain peak now known as Mount Rainier. Her nickname, Mighty T, was selected because it was the nickname of her predecessor, Tahoma (WPG-80), during World War II.

ISBN: 978-5-5118-3777-2

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The USCGC Dallas (WHEC-716) was a Coast Guard high endurance cutter commissioned in 1967 at the Avondale Shipyard in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was the sixth ship or boat to bear the name of Alexander J. Dallas, the Secretary of the Treasury under President James Madison (1814–1816). She is one of twelve Hamilton class cutters built for the Coast Guard.

ISBN: 978-5-5144-2734-5

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USCGC Ocracoke (WPB-1307) is an Island Class Cutter of the United States Coast Guard. She is homeported in Florida, where she patrols international and territorial waters as a humanitarian, law enforcement, and Homeland Security asset. Her primary missions are Search and Rescue, Counter-Smuggling Activities, and Homeland Security.

ISBN: 978-5-5118-3601-0