Posted on Apr 21, 2016
Where can I find decommissioned Coast Guard units (e.g. USCGC Durable WMEC 628)?
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The USCGC DURABLE was decommissioned in SEP 2001 along with the CGC COURAGEOUS. The DURABLE was given the the Country of Columbia and now has a new name, but don't remember it. The COURAGEOUS was given to the country of Sri Lanka. I met with the representatives from each of those countries to go over the ship's conditions.
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Try togetherweserved.com
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CDR Ford is correct. The Durable is now the Columbia ship "Valle Del Cauca".
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If they haven't been sold for scrap or sunk for a reef, Probably in the yards at Curtis Bay. I know of one ( CGC Ingham ) that is a Museum. The ship I was one, CGC Halfmoon ( WHEC 378 ) was taken to Curtis Bay, stripped and then sold to an Italian company as scrap. There were 5 311's that were turn over to the South Vietnamese Navy. At the end, 4 got out and went to the Phillippines. At least one eneded up in the Phillipine Navy ( there are getting 378's these days ). The 5th one may still be in Vietnam or sunk, probably the latter,
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