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USCGC Cuyahoga (WIX-157) was an Active-class patrol boat built in 1927 which saw action in World War II. Cuyahoga sank after a night-time collision in the Chesapeake Bay while on patrol in 1978. She was later raised and re-sunk as an artificial reef off the Virginia coast and is a popular recreational dive site.
On 20 October 1978 USCGC Cuyahoga (WIX-157) was underway in the Chesapeake Bay to train officer cadets with intentions to turn into port for the night. The cutter was the oldest in-service ship in the Coast Guard's fleet and had fallen into a state of disrepair from lack of maintenance. [ 10 ]
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USCGC Cuyahoga (WIX-157), a U.S. Coast Guard Cutter that sank in the Chesapeake Bay in 1978 after a collision; USS Cuyahoga (AG-26), built in 1927 and transferred from the United States Coast Guard to the Navy in 1933; Cuyahoga, a Maritimer, built to the design of the United States Maritime Commission, see Lower Lakes Towing
The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Thunder Bay (WTGB-108) clears a channel for vessels to navigate the frozen Hudson River Main article: Bay-class tugboat USCGC Katmai Bay (WTGB-101)
This class of vessels was one of the most useful and long-lasting in U.S. Coast Guard service, with 16 cutters still in use in the 1960s. The last to be decommissioned from active service was USCGC Morris (WPC-147) in 1970; the last in actual service was USCGC Cuyahoga (WIX-157), which sank after an accidental collision in 1978.
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