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USCGC Taney (WHEC-37)
ex
 USCGC Taney (WPG-37) (1946 - 1965)
 USCGC Taney (WAGC-37) (1944 - 1946)
 USCGC Taney (WPG-37) (1937 - 1944)
 USCGC Roger B. Taney (1936 -1937)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Romeo - Delta - Tango
 NRDT
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons





Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Defense Service Medal (with fleet clasp)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (2) - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Third Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal (2)
Fourth Row - Vietnam Service Medal (1) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Republic of Vietnam Presidential Unit Citation
Fifth Row - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (2) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Service Medal
  • Laid down, 1 May 1935, as the Treasury Class Coast Guard Cutter Roger B. Taney at Philadelphia Navy YUard
  • Launched, 3 June 1936
  • Commissioned, 24 October 1936
  • Name shortened in May of 1937 Taney
  • Roger B. Taney departed Philadelphia, 19 December, transited the Panama Canal from the 27th to the 29th, and arrived at her home port, Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, 18 January 1937
  • Taney underwent her first major rearmament at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard in December 1940. She received her last major pre-war refit at the Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA. in the spring of the following year, 1941.
  • Transferred for duty with the Navy, 25 July 1941, she reported for duty with the local defense forces of the 14th Naval District
  • Taney was moored alongside pier 6, Honolulu harbor on 7 December 1941 when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
  • Taney patrolled the waters off Honolulu for the remainder of 1941 and into 1942
  • Designated WPG-37, 22 January 1942
  • Taney (WPG-37) operated locally out of Honolulu into 1943 before sailing for Boston late that winter via Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA. for re-gunning
  • Reassigned to Convoy Escort duty in the North Atlantic in March 1944
  • Converted the an AGC (combined operations and communications headquarters Ship) in 1944 at Boston Navy Yard, re-designated as WAGC-37
  • Conversion work completed January 1945, Taney sailed for Norfolk for shakedown and duty in the Pacific
  • Taney participated in the assault and occupation of Okinawa operations
  • At the end of the war Taney proceeded to Japan, where she took part in the occupation of Wakayama before sailing for the United States
  • Taney (WAGC-37) underwent re-conversion for peacetime service, 1945-1946, at Charleston Navy Yard for duty on ocean-weather stations
  • Following re-conversion to peace time service Taney (WPG-37) was assigned to ocean-weather station duty in the Pacific, homeported at Alameda, CA.
  • On 1 May 1965 Taney was re-designated as a High Endurance Cutters or WHEC
  • Assigned to Coast Guard Squadron Three off Vietnam in 1969, participating in Operation Market Time interdiction and coastal surveillance effort in Vietnam
  • Taney returned to Alameda, arriving there February 1970
  • In February 1972 Taney was re-assigned to the east coast, homeported at Norfolk, VA. were she served out the remainder of her Coast Guard career
  • Decommissioned, 7 DEcember 1986, and turned over to the city of Baltimore, MD. for use as a museum ship, where she still resides.
  • Current Disposition, National Historic Landmark anchored in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor and cared for by the Baltimore Maritime Museum
    Specifications:
    Displacement 2,350 t. (lt)
    Length 327' 0"
    Beam 41' 0"
    Draft 12' 6" (max.)
    Speed 19.5 kts (max)
    Economic Cruising Range 13.0 knots (7,000 nautical miles)
    Complement
    1937
     12 officers
     4 warrant officers
     107 enlisted
     1941
     16 officers
     5 warrant officers
     200 enlisted
     1966
     10 officers
     3 warrant officers
     133 enlisted
    Armament
    1936
     two single 5"/51 cal gun mounts
     two 6-pdr
     one 1-pdr
     1941
     three single 5"/51 cal gun mounts
     four single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mounts
     two depth charge racks
     one"Y" gun depth charge projector
     1943
     four single 5"/51 cal gun mounts (only cutter in class to be so armed)
     four single 3"/50 cal dual gun mounts
     two single 20mm/80 AA gun mounts
     one Hedgehog
     six "K" gun depth charge projectors
     two depth charge racks
     1945
     two single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mounts
     three twin 40mm/60 gun mounts
     four single 20mm/80 AA gun mounts
     1946
     one single 5"/38 cal dual gun mount
     one twin 40mm;/60 AA gun mount
     two single 20mm/80 AA gun mounts
     two depth charge racks (?) depth charge projectors 1966
    one single 5"/38, cal dual purpose gun mount w/ MK 52 MOD 3 director
     one MK 10-1 Hedgehog
     two (P&S) x Mk 32 MOD 5 TT
     four MK 44 MOD 1 torpedoes
     two .50 cal. MK-2 Browning Machine Guns
     two MK-13 high altitude parachute flare mortars
    Aircraft
    one JF-2, #V135, 1937-1941.
    Electronics
    Radar: (1945) SK-4, SG-1; (1966) AN/SPS-29D, AN/SPA-52
     Fire Control Radar: (1945) Mk-26; (1966) Mk-26 MOD 4
     Sonar: (1945) QC series; (1966) AN/SQS-11
    Fuel Capacity NSFO 135,180 gallons (547 tons)
    Propulsion
    two Westinghouse double-reduction geared turbines
    two Babcock & Wilcox sectional express, air-encased, 400 psi, 200° superheat boilers
    two 9' three-bladed propellers, 6,200shp (1966)
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    USCGC Roger B. Taney (1936 - 1937)
    Taney
    10013707    		 134k Coast Guard Cutter Roger B. Taney. Driving of first rivet by Captain J. A. Furer, Manager, Industrial Dept. Navy Yard, Phila., PA. 1 May 1935.
    U.S. Caost Guard photo # 200227-G-G00001006    		 U.S Coast Guard Historian's Office
    USCGC Taney (WPG-37) (1937 - 1944 / 1946 - 1965)
    Taney
    10013705    		 34k USCGC Taney (WPG-37) underway,date and location unknown.
    U.S. Coast Guard photo # 200227-G-G00001024    		 U.S Coast Guard Historian's Office
    Taney
    10013708    		 164k USCGC Taney (WPG-37) tied up at Pier 4 in Honolulu Harbor, Hawaii, circa 1940
    U.S. Coast Guard photo # 200227-G-G00001002    		 U.S Coast Guard Historian's Office
    Taney
    10013701    		 185k Aerial view of U.S. Coast Guard USCGC Taney (WPG-37) underway, date and location unknown. Photographed circa the later 1940s or early 1950s. This image was received by the Naval Photographic Center in December 1959, but was taken years earlier.
    U.S. Navy Photo USN 1045900 now in the collections of the National Archives.    		 U.S Naval History and Heritage Command
    Taney
    10013702    		 237k Aerial view of U.S. Coast Guard USCGC Taney (WPG-37) underway, date and location unknown. Photographed circa the later 1940s or early 1950s. This image was received by the Naval Photographic Center in December 1959, but was taken years earlier.
    U.S. Navy Photo USN 1045901 now in the collections of the National Archives.    		 U.S Naval History and Heritage Command
    Taney
    10013704    		 174k USCGC Taney (WPG-37) at anchor, date and location unknown.
    U.S. Cost Guard photo # 200227-G-G00001033    		 U.S Coast Guard Historian's Office
    Taney
    10013706    		 69k USCGC Taney (WHEC-37) underway, date and location unknown.
    U.S Coast Guard photo # 200227-G-G00001022    		 U.S Coast Guard Historian's Office
    USCGC Taney (WHEC-37) (1965 - 1980)
    Taney
    10013703    		 40k USCGC Taney (WHEC-37) underway, date and location unknown.
    U.S Coast Guard photo # 200227-G-G00001021    		 U.S Coast Guard Historian's Office
    USCGC Taney Additional Ships Patches
    Taney Taney
    NH 88195-A-KN    		 Taney
    NH 88190-A-KN    		 Taney
    NH 88191-A-KN    		 Taney
    USCG Roger B. Taney / Taney WPG-37 / Taney WAGC-38 / Taney WHEC-37
    Dictionary of American Navy Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01CDR. Coffin, Eugene Auguste, USCG (RCS 1909) :RADM24 October 1936 - November 1940
    02CDR. Gelly, George Balfour, USCG (USCGA 1925)November 1940 - 30 April 1941
    03CDR. Olson, Louis Bernhardt, USCG (USCGA 1918) :RADM30 April 1941 - Auguat 1942
    04CDR. Gelly, George Balfour, USCG (USCGA 1925)August 1942 - March 1943
    05CAPT. Perkins, Henry CRawford, USCG (USCGA 1925) :RADMMarch 1943 - April 1944
    06CDR. Wuensch, Henry Jacob, USCG (USCGA 1929) :RADMApril 1944 - Ocotber 1944
    07CDR. Synon, George Denver, USCG (USCGA 1937) :RADMOctober 1944 - September 1945
    08CDR. Bowman, Carl Gilbert, USCG (USCGA 1929)SEptember 1945 - Novmeber 1947
    09CAPT. Paden, Clarence Carl, USCGNovember 1947 - August 1949
    10LCDR. Stedman, George, W., USCG (USCGA 1933)August 1949 - Novemer 1949
    11CAPT. Roland, Edwin John (Dutch), USCG (USCGA 1929) :ADMNovember 1949 - August 1950 1950
    12CAPT. Miller, George Henry, USCG (USCGA 1929) :RADMAugust 1950 - December 1951
    13CAPT. Synon, George Denver, USCG (USCGA 1932) :RADMDecember 1951 - February 953
    14CAPT. Meyer, Henry Albert, CivilianFebruary 1953 - October 1954
    15CAPT. Carpenter, Albert John, USCG (USCGA 1933) :RADMOctober 1954 - April 1956
    16CAPT. Alger, Jr., James Albert, USCG (OCS 1931) :RADMApril 1956 - May 1957
    17CAPT. Childress, William Wilder, USCG (USCGA 1933) :RADMMay 1957 - June 1959
    18CAPT. Helmer, Frank Vincent, USCG (USCGA 1935)June 1959 - July 1961
    19CAPT. Statts, Frederick John, USCG (USCGA 1936)July 1961 - July 1963
    20CAPT. Brodie, IV, Robert Donald, USCG (USCGA 1939)July 1963 - 30 June 1965
    21CAPT. Frick, Sherman Kendall, USCG (USCGA 1943)30 June 1965 - March 1968
    22CAPT. Young Jr., Rubin E., USCG (CWO 1947)March 1968 - April 1969
    23CAPT. Ogin, Robert E., USCG (OCS 1945)April 1969 - June 1971
    24CAPT. Paulsen, Walter Eugene, USCG (USCGA 1953)June 1971 - August 1974
    25CDR. Wicks, Joseph J., USCG (MMA 1959)August 1974 - August 1976
    26CDR. Moran, Eugene E., USCGAugust 1976 - August 1978
    27CDR. Lockwood, John Weldon, USCG (OCS 1963) :RADMAugust 1978 - July 1980
    28CDR. Hobaugh, Jimmie H., USCG (USCGA 1964)July 1980 - May 1982
    29CDR. Beaver, Richard J., USCG (USCGA 1964)May 1982 - August 1984
    30CDR. Hoyle, Robert L., USCGAugust 1984 - 16 May 1986
    31CDR. Churchill, Winston Giles, USCG16 May 1986 - 7 December 1986
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler
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    USCGC Taney WPG/WAGC/WHEC 37; (ex-Roger B. Taney)
    U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office
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