August 6, 201213 yr Treasury-class cutter WPG-31 Bibb (Treasury) class http://www.harpoondatabases.com/encyclopedia/Entry1741.aspx http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasury-class_cutter "These extremely successful ships emerged during the Great Depression, to save money they were based on the USN’s prewar Eire class gunboats and shared their engines and general layout. They were initially equipped with a catapult for a Grumman Duck seaplane; this was later found to be cumbersome and removed. The ships (named for former Secretaries Of The Treasury) were very hardy and seaworthy." --Harpoon Encyclopedia In service from the 1930s to the 1980s! Wow...my tax dollars actually were at work! Heck, these were my grandparents' tax dollars! ANW HUD 4 v1.1 b10
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