USCGC DUANE

USCGC Duane (WPG-33) was a United States Coast Guard cutter commissioned in 1936 and named after William J. Duane, Secretary of the Treasury under President Andrew Jackson. Throughout World War II, Duane served with distinction, performing convoy escort duties in the treacherous North Atlantic, where she rescued survivors and engaged enemy submarines. After the war, Duane continued to serve in law enforcement, search and rescue, and oceanographic missions, including patrols during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Decommissioned in 1985, USCGC Duane is now preserved as a museum and artificial reef off the coast of Key Largo, Florida.