USS Mohawk (WPG-78) CGC Veterans Memorial Reef

The USS Mohawk (WPG-78) was a ship of the U.S. Coast Guard which served during the Second World War and was involved in the Atlantic convoys. She was involved in 14 attacks against Nazi Submarines on the Atlantic Ocean. She and her crew also saved many lives from the icy waters.

Till 2012 she was a museumship and a memorial for the battle of the Atlantic in Key West, Florida. In 2012 the USS Mohawk was sunk to form a artificial reef.

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• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Flickr
• Historic Sinking of the USCGC Mohawk Creates Veterans Memorial Reef