USCGC SUNDEW

USCGC SUNDEW (WLB-404) was a 180-foot Iris-class seagoing buoy tender constructed for the United States Coast Guard during World War II. Commissioned in 1944, SUNDEW served primarily on the Great Lakes, performing vital aids-to-navigation, icebreaking, and search and rescue missions for over six decades. The cutter also participated in several high-profile rescue operations, including the aftermath of the 1975 sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. After a distinguished career, SUNDEW was decommissioned in 2004 and is now preserved as a museum ship in Duluth, Minnesota.