47 years ago today, on 12 July 1976 Lightship Huron (LV-103) was added to the National Register for Historic Places
Port Huron Museums, Port Huron, MI
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On 30 June 1934, USCGC Electra was launched at the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin. After a year of Coast Guard service, she was acquired by the USN to become President Roosevelt's presidential yacht. As such she was renamed USS Potomac on January 30, 1936 and is now a museum ship in Oakland, CA
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15 years ago today, on 21 June 2006 ice breaker USCGC Mackinaw (WAGB-83) moved under its own power from Cheboygan (where she was decommissioned on 10 June 2006), to Mackinaw City, MI, where she now serves as a museum ship known as Icebreaker Mackinaw Maritime Museum
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90 years ago today, on 13 June 1936 sail training ship Horst Wessel was launched at Blohm & Voss in Hamburg, Germany. At the end of WWII she was won by the United States in a drawing of lots with the Soviet and British navies as war reparations, requested by the United States Coast Guard Academy's Superintendent, and became the USCGC Eagle (WIX-327).
United States Coast Guard Barque Eagle, New London, CT
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20 years ago today, on 10 June 2006 icebreaker USCGC Mackinaw - WAGB-83 was decommissioned
Icebreaker Mackinaw Maritime Museum, Mackinaw City, MI
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On 7 June 2006 180-foot seagoing buoy tender USCGC Acacia (WLB-406) was decommissioned.
MuseumShip at SS City of Milwaukee, Manistee, MI
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On 5 June 1918 Lightship Huron (LV-103) was laid down at Consolidated Shipbuilding Co., Morris Heights, Bronx, NY
Port Huron Museums, Port Huron, MI
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90 years ago today, on 3 June 1936 Treasury-class Cutter USCGC Taney WHEC-37 was launched at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, sponsored by Miss Corinne F. Taney.
MuseumShip at Historic Ships in Baltimore, MD
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90 years ago today, on 3 June 1936 Treasury-class United States Coast Guard Cutter USCGC Ingham WHEC-35 was launched at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, sponsored by Ms. Katherine Ingham Brush.
USCGC Ingham Museum, Key West, FL
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67 years ago today, on 1 June 1959 auxiliary ocean-going tug USS Wampanoag - (ATA-202) was struck from the Naval Vessel Register and officially transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard as the USCGC Comanche (WATA-202).
MuseumShip ATA 202 Comanche, Port Townsend, WA
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