1560a,b,c. (photo) United States Coast Guard Cutter Spar (WAGL-403; WLB-403)
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1560a,b,c. (photo) United States Coast Guard Cutter Spar (WAGL-403; WLB-403)
1560a,b,c. (photo) United States Coast Guard Cutter Spar (WAGL-403; WLB-403). 8” x 10” color photo of the CGC Spar. The Spar, commissioned in 1944, was homeported in Boston and assigned to the First Naval District during World War II. In 1946, she transferred to Woods Hole until 1951. From 1951 until 1976 she was stationed at Bristol, RI. After undergoing a “major renovation at the Coast Guard Yard in 1976, she was stationed at South Portland, ME. She carried out ATON, SAR and icebreaking duties throughout her long career as well as sailing in a historic voyage in which Spar, along with Storis and Bramble, circumnavigated the North American continent via the Panama Canal and the Northwest Passage in 1957. She was decommissioned in 1997. Photo is clear and crisp. (VG+). $8.