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U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Evergreen WAGO 295 1969 Zippo browse these categories for related items... All Items: Popular Collectibles: Militaria: Historical: Pre 1970: item # 620079 Please refer to our stock # 437 when inquiring.
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All these lighters came from Joe Petrowski's bar in Groton Ct. All are from the Cold War era. Did you leave your lighter there ? More photos are available on request. shipping cost 5.00 insurance required and varies per lighter USCGC Evergreen [WAGL-292; WAGO-295; WLB-295; WMEC-295]; "180-ft. U.S. Coast Guard Cutter EVERGREEN (WAGO-295), oceanographic vessel for the International Ice Patrol and other missions, shown here in new white paint coat. The cutter was formerly black."; Photo No. 1CGD1025631; 25 October 1963; photo by ENS John C. Goodman, USCGR. The Evergreen, first commissioned in 1942, saw a very active and varied career. She served as a buoy tender until 1963, then as noted in the caption listed above she sailed as an oceanographic vessel until 1982 (she received extensive modifications in 1972-73 to fulfill her new scientific missions) and finished her Coast Guard career as a medium endurance cutter. She was decommissioned in 1990 and was sunk by the US Navy as a target two years later. |
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