Last Pearl Harbor Combatant - USCGC Taney (WHEC-37) - Baltimore, MD
Posted by: Vermontish
N 39° 17.151 W 076° 36.372
18S E 361474 N 4349728
Last ship afloat having fought in the Pearl Harbor attack
Waymark Code: WM61E0
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 03/16/2009
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The US Coast Guard Cutter Taney (Treasury class) helped to fight off the Japanese attack of December 7, 1941; of the 101 ships which participated in the battle, it is the last one remaining afloat. The Taney is part of the Baltimore Maritime Museum and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Named for Roger B. Taney, former US Attorney General, Secretary of the Treasury and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.