On 31 December 1968, Active Class Cutter USCGC McLane (WSC-146) was decommissioned.
Museum ship at USS Silversides Submarine Museum, Muskegon, MI
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On 22 December 1920, Lightship Huron (LV-103) was commissioned
Port Huron Museum, MI
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On 20 December 1989, Lightship Huron (LV-103) became a National Historic Landmark.
Port Huron Museums, MI
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80 years ago today, on 20 December 1944, USCGC Mackinaw - WAGB-83 (based on the Wind class of Coast Guard icebreakers) was commissioned with Cmdr Edwin J. Roland in command.
Icebreaker Mackinaw Maritime Museum, Mackinaw City, MI
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75 years ago today, on 19 December 1950, Lightship Columbia (WLV-604) was commissioned, and was stationed 5.3 miles from the mouth of the Columbia River beginning in April 1951.
Columbia River Maritime Museum, Astoria, OR
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45 years ago today, on 9 December 1980, Lightship Columbia (WLV-604) arrived at the Columbia River Maritime Museum.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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