USCGC GENTIAN

USCGC GENTIAN (WIX-290) was a Cactus-class 180-foot seagoing buoy tender commissioned by the United States Coast Guard in 1943. Built during World War II, GENTIAN was primarily tasked with maintaining aids to navigation, but also conducted search and rescue operations, law enforcement, and icebreaking duties. Over her decades of service, she was stationed at several homeports, most notably in the Great Lakes and along the Atlantic coast. GENTIAN was decommissioned in 1999 and later transferred to the Nigerian Navy, marking the end of her distinguished Coast Guard career.