Haunted Hull: Coast Guard Cutter Taney

The Coast Guard Cutter Taney shines in all its glory in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor as “the last survivor of Pearl Harbor,” but it has a darker story to tell – the ship may still carry souls aboard.
The Taney’s story begins Oct. 24, 1936, when the ship was commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy yard. Shortly after being commissioned, the Taney was moved to its first homeport in Honolulu. There,...
Coast Guard Cutter Taney hosts Pearl Harbor memorial ceremony

Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Masaschi
BALTIMORE – Cool winds whipped across the deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Taney as it sat moored along Pier 5 in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor on the morning of Dec. 7, 2013. As a crowd of more than 150 people began to fill the carefully placed seats and surrounding deck space on the fantail of the Taney the brisk air soon became unnoticed. The crowd...
From the Bridge Wing 10-7-2013

This Day in Coast Guard History:
1986 – An HC-130 from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City located the disabled 44-foot Polish sailing vessel Gaudeamus with six Polish citizens aboard about 400 miles east of New York. A motor vessel was on scene with Gaudeamus when it was found by the HC-130 and remained there until the Coast Guard Cutter Taney arrived the next day and took the...
Coast Guard Island to host 70th anniversary event of Pearl Harbor attacks
ALAMEDA, Calif. — The Coast Guard is scheduled to welcome and honor survivors of the Pearl Harbor attacks, Wednesday, Dec. 7, during a remembrance ceremony that will commemorate the 70th anniversary of the tragedy that helped bring the United States of America into World War II.
The Coast Guard has hosted this event in conjunction with Chapter Two of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association for 10...
Remembering Lost Shipmates
Coast Guard Cutter White Alder, 4 December 1968.
Today is Pearl Harbor Day. As President Franklin D. Roosevelt said, “December 7, 1941 – a date which will live in infamy – the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.” True to his word, the attack on Pearl Harbor which caused the loss of 2,403 souls and...