Taney (WHEC-37)

Taney

Ship data flag  United States class Treasury class ( Secretary class) Shipyard Philadelphia Naval Shipyard , Philadelphia Launch June 3, 1936 Commissioning October 24, 1936 Decommissioning 7th December 1986 Whereabouts Museum ship

Ship dimensions and crew length 99.67 m ( Lüa ) width 12.5 m Draft Max. 3.81 m displacement 2,252 t   crew (1937) Officers and NCOs (Warrant): 16, crew: 107; (1941) Officers and NCOs (Warrant): 21, crew: 200; (1966) Officers and NCOs (Warrant): 13, crew: 133

Machine system machine 2 steam boilers 2 geared turbines Machine performance 6,200 PS (4,560 kW) Top speed 20.5 kn (38 km / h) propeller 2

Armament 3 × 12.7 cm L / 51 Sk 2 × 6 pounders 1 × 1 pounder

The USCGC Taney (WHEC-37) was a large Treasury- class warship ( Secretary- class) of the United States Coast Guard . It entered service on October 24, 1936 and named after Roger B. Taney , American politician and lawyer, Secretary of the Treasury 1833-1834.

The Taney was known for being the last ship in active service since the late 1960s that survived the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

After she was decommissioned on December 7, 1986, the Taney was a museum ship in the port of Baltimore , Maryland . In June 1988 it was named a United States National Historic Landmark .

Name and class of ship

The USCGC Taney had several minor name changes at the beginning of its 50 years of service: from originally Roger B. Taney (WPG-37) (1936-37) to Taney (WPG-37) (1937-44), to Taney (WAGC-37) ( 1944–46), finally to Taney (WHEC – 37) .

The ship class is given in the historical sources as Treasury Class or Secretary Class , most sources list both classifications side by side. It always means the same thing: The Taney was one of the seven large warships of the Coast Guard built in the mid-1930s and named after historical American Secretary of the Treasury. The Taney's six sister ships in this class were:

• the Bibb (WPG-31) (named after George M. Bibb , Minister of Finance 1844–45),
• the Campbell (WPG-32) (named after George W. Campbell , Treasury Secretary 1844),
• the Duane (WPG-33) (named after William J. Duane , Treasury Secretary 1833),
• the Hamilton (WPG-34) , (named after Alexander Hamilton , Treasury Secretary 1789–1795),
• the Ingham (WPG-35) (named after Samuel D. Ingham , Treasury Secretary 1829–1831), and
• the Spencer (WPG-36) (named after John Canfield Spencer , Treasury Secretary 1843-1844).

Another class name for these ships was: 327er (English: 327s ), with reference to their length: 327  feet (about 100 m).

Web links

Commons : USCGC Taney (WHEC-37)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Unless otherwise noted: Web links last accessed March 8, 2017.

• National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 88001826, USCGC TANEY (WHEC-37) .
  • Tobias I. Clifford: National Historic Landmark Nomination (PDF) , National Park Service 1988.
• United States Coast Guard: Taney, 1936 .
• Historic Ships in Baltimore: USCGC Taney .
• Maryland Historical Trust, Maryland's National Register Properties: USCG TANEY (WHEC-37) .
• Library of Congress : US Coast Guard Cutter TANEY, Pier 5, Pratt Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD .
  • Kristen M. O'Connell: US Coast Guard Cutter Taney , Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) , National Park Service, US Department of the Interior 2003.

Remarks

Unless otherwise noted: All web links in this section were last accessed on March 10, 2017.

1. ↑ United States Coast Guard: Taney, 1936 .
2. ↑ USCGC: U nited S tates C oast G uard C utter.
3. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Maryland. National Park Service , accessed August 4, 2019.
4. ↑ Tobias I. Clifford: National Historic Landmark Nomination (PDF) , National Park Service 1988.
5. ↑ e.g. at Maryland Historical Trust, Maryland's National Register Properties: USCG TANEY (WHEC-37) .
6. ↑ e.g. United States Coast Guard: Taney, 1936 .
7. ^ Indiana University : US Coast Guard Cutters of the Treasury Class .
8. ^ Indiana University : US Coast Guard Cutters of the Treasury Class - and more often.

Coordinates: 39 ° 17 ′ 9 ″  N , 76 ° 36 ′ 23 ″  W.