USCGC Onondaga, a 1005-ton "165-foot (A)" class cutter built at Bay City, Michigan, was commissioned in September 1934. She was stationed at Astoria, Oregon, during the remainder of that decade and into the next. During World War II Onondaga was employed in Alaskan waters for escort and patrol work. She was present at Dutch Harbor, Unalaska Island, during the June 1942 Japanese air attacks on that U.S. base. After brief post-war service, USCGC Onondaga was decommissioned in July 1947 and sold in December 1954.
This page features our only views concerning USCGC Onondaga (CG-59, later WPG-79).
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Photo #: 26-G-02-05-46(2) USCGC Onondaga (WPG-79) Photographed during World War II, probably in Pacific Northwest or Alaskan waters. Photograph from the U.S. Coast Guard Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 67KB; 740 x 600 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 26-G-08-08-34(6)N USCGC Onondaga (later WPG-79) Launching, at the Defoe shipyard, Bay City, Michigan, on 2 August 1934. Note the sideways launching technique used by this shipyard. Photograph from the U.S. Coast Guard Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 52KB; 740 x 585 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Page made 12 December 2004