Commissioned on October 24, 1936, USCGC TANEY is one of seven Treasury/Secretary Class cutters built for the US Coast Guard in the mid 1930's. In 1937, Taney was based in Honolulu, Hawaii, where she conducted law enforcement, search & rescue, and maritime patrol duties until the start of World War II. On 7 December 1941, TANEY was tied up at Pier 6 in Honolulu, and was in action against Japanese aircraft during the attack on Pearl Harbor. During 1942-43, TANEY carried out convoy escort duties and resupplied American garrisons in the Pacific. During 1944, TANEY operated in the Atlantic where she escorted six convoys between the United States and the Mediterranean. On 20 April 1944, the cutter was engaged in fighting off a heavy attack by German torpedo bombers abainst Convoy USG 38 off Tunisia. In 1945, TANEY returned to the Pacific as an Amphibious Group Command Ship (AGC), and participated in the invasion of Okinawa. During her first 45 days in the Okinawa Campaign, TANEY went to General Quarters (GQ) 119 times, and was credited with shooting down four Japanese "Kamikaze" planes, and one "Betty" bomber. In September 1945, TANEY entered Japanese home waters to assist with the evacuation of Allied Prisoners of War from Japan. Much of TANEY's postwar career was spent in the Pacific where whe carried out weather ship and fisheries patrols, as well as search & rescue duties while based at Alameda, California. During the Korean War, the cutter was often assigned to plane guard duties off Midway, Guam, and Adak, Alaska, in order to provide emergency assistance to American troop-carrying and combat aircraft enroute to and from Korea. In 1969, TANEY received orders to join Coast Guard Squadron Three off the coast of Viet Nam, as part of "Operation Market Time". During her 10-month deployment, the cutter inspected more than 1000 Vietnamese vessels for contraband, fired over 3,400 rounds of 5"/38 ammunition in support of American and South Vietnamese troops, and provided medical assistance to over 5,000 Vietnamese civilians. Transferred to Portsmouth, Virginia, in 1972, TANEY carried out Ocean Station and weather patrols in the Atlantic until 1977, when she completed the last Coast Guard weather patrol, closing out Ocean Station "Hotel" off New Jersey. From 1977 to 1986, TANEY carried out search & rescue duties, maritime patrols, and drug interdiction operation in the Atlantic and Caribbean. In one such operation in 1985, TANEY seized a record 160 tons of marijuana. Decomissioned on 7 December 1986, TANEY has been on display in Baltimore's Inner Harbor ever since. from Baltimore Maritime Museum publication)