TANEY WHEC 37

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Treasury Class Cutter Keel Laid 1 May 1935 - Launched 3 June 1936 USCGC ROGER B. TANEY CGC-68 Commissioned 24 October 1936 USCGC TANEY CGC-68 Name shortened June 1937 Transferred to U.S. Navy 25 July 1941 USS TANEY WPG-37 Redesignated Coast Guard Gunboat (WPG) February 1942 USS TANEY WAGC-37 Redesignated Coast Guard Miscellaneous Auxiliary (WAGC) 10 October 1944 Returned to U.S. Coast Guard 1945 USCGC TANEY WHEC-37 Reclassified High Endurance Cutter (WHEC) 1 May 1966 USCGC TANEY WPG-37 Reverted to Gunboat (WPG) 1970s Decommissioned 7 December 1986 Now a memorial at Baltimore, Maryland

Naval Covers

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1. USCGC Taney CGC-68 / WPG-37 / WHEC-37 Covers Page 1    (1936-2017)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 2# (Br. #15658)

1945-07-16

WAGC-37
 

Locy Type 2# (Br. #15658)

1946-01-04

WAGC-37

 

Other Information

TANEY earned 3 Battle Stars for WWII service

TANEY CGC-68 was at Honolulu Harbor during the Pearl Harbor attack

NAMESAKE - Roger Brooke Taney (pronounced Tawney) (March 17 1777 – October 12 1864)
Taney was the twelfth United States Attorney General. He also was the fifth Chief Justice of the United States, holding that office from 1836 until his death in 1864, and was the first Roman Catholic to hold that office.

 

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