Inner Harbor in Baltimore, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Coast Guard Cutter Taney - WHEC-37
Photographed by Don Morfe, June 14, 2012
1. The Coast Guard Cutter Taney Marker
The US Coast Guard Cutter Taney is the last warship "afloat" today which saw action during the 7 December 1941 Japanese attack on Hawaii. Built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in 1935-36, USCG Taney's active career spanned 50 years of continuous wide-ranging service. She earned four Battle Stars in World War II protecting Allied convoys in the Pacific, Atlantic and Mediterranean, as well as for service as an amphibious command ship during the Battle of Okinawa.
In peacetime from the 1930s to the 1980s, Taney carried out virtually every type of US Coast Guard mission including search and rescue, ocean weather patrol and law enforcement from the Bearing Sea to the Caribbean and beyond. Her remarkable career also included a tour in Vietnam during 1969-70 where she took part in Operation Market Time.
Decommissioned in 1986 the US Coast Guard Cutter Taney is a National Historic Landmark and a tribute to the men and women of the United States Coast Guard who, since 1790, have safeguarded American lives and property throughout the globe.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Military • War, World II
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Location. This memorial has been replaced by another memorial nearby. It was located near 39° 17.105′ N, 76° 36.367′ W. Memorial was in Baltimore, Maryland. It was in the Inner Harbor. It was on East Pratt Street just east of Market Place, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial was at or near this postal address: 621 E Pratt St, Baltimore MD 21202, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial was in Central Maryland. It was also in the American Mid-Atlantic and in the Chesapeake Bay Region. Globally, it was in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it found itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies and also the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this location: The Last Pear Harbor Survivor (a few steps from this marker); Tilly's Escape (within shouting distance of this marker); Pathways to Freedom (within shouting distance of this marker);
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 8, 2021
2. Coast Guard Cutter Taney - WHEC-37 Marker
The marker has been removed.
Other markers no longer nearby. The Coast Guard Cutter Taney (was here, next to this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse (was about 500 feet away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Seven-Foot Knoll Lighthouse (was about 500 feet away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Water Power: Baltimore's Economic Engine (was about 500 feet away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Living Classrooms Foundation (was about 600 feet away but has been permanently removed).
Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. This marker has replaced the linked marker.
Credits. This page was last revised on November 7, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 8, 2021, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 398 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on September 26, 2012, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. 2. submitted on October 8, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
