The Long Blue Line: Smilax--the Coast Guard's "Queen of the Fleet"!
July 31, 2026
July 31, 2026
WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news:
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The Long Blue Line: Smilax--the Coast Guard's "Queen of the Fleet"!
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The USCGC Smilax (WLIC 315) celebrated its 80th anniversary in November 2024. Commissioned in 1944, not long after the D-Day landings at Normandy, Smilax is the oldest active Coast Guard cutter and more than 25 years older than the Navy's oldest act . . .
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The Long Blue Line: Smilax--the Coast Guard's "Queen of the Fleet"!
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The USCGC Smilax (WLIC 315) celebrated its 80th anniversary in November 2024. Commissioned in 1944, not long after the D-Day landings at Normandy, Smilax is the oldest active Coast Guard cutter and more than 25 years older than the Navy's oldest act . . .