USCGC DALLAS

USCGC DALLAS (WHEC-716) was a high endurance cutter of the United States Coast Guard, commissioned in 1967. Throughout her service, DALLAS participated in a wide array of missions, including search and rescue, law enforcement, and defense operations, notable for her deployments during the Vietnam War and later in Operation Desert Storm. The cutter played a key role in numerous drug interdiction efforts in the Caribbean and Atlantic, earning several unit commendations. After over four decades of distinguished service, USCGC DALLAS was decommissioned in 2012 and subsequently transferred to the Philippine Navy.