But always ready ... the US Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk is one of the rare WWII ships that are retired, yet fully operational. She resides in Key West FL as a Memorial Museum and wishes more Key West visitors would come visit.
After being commissioned in 1936 as a US Coast Guard Ice Breaker, the USCGC Mohawk WPG-78 was reassigned to the US Navy for the duration of WWII. She routinely patrolled the Arctic Sea and northern reaches of Greenland and Scandinavia.
According to Wikipedia, one of Mohawk’s most famous deeds was being the last ship to radio General Dwight D. Eisenhower on the day before the Normandy invasion confirming that the weather was going to be clear enough to proceed.
After being commissioned in 1936 as a US Coast Guard Ice Breaker, the USCGC Mohawk WPG-78 was reassigned to the US Navy for the duration of WWII. She routinely patrolled the Arctic Sea and northern reaches of Greenland and Scandinavia.
According to Wikipedia, one of Mohawk’s most famous deeds was being the last ship to radio General Dwight D. Eisenhower on the day before the Normandy invasion confirming that the weather was going to be clear enough to proceed.
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