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The USCGC ''Acacia'' (WLB 406) was second to the last of a fleet of 39 similar 180-foot seagoing buoy tenders completed during World War II. ''Acacia'' was named after the former United States Lighthouse Service tender ''Acacia'', the only tender sunk during World War II. ''Acacia'' is a multi-purpose vessel, nominally a buoy tender, but with equipment and capabilities for ice breaking, search and rescue, fire fighting, logistics, and other tasks as well. 〔U.S Coast Guard History Program http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Acacia1944.pdf Retrieved: 30 April 2014〕 ''Acacia'' was homeported in Port Huron, Michigan, Sturgeon Bay, WI, Grand Haven, MI and Charlevoix, MI. The ship's primary duty was maintaining more than 210 buoys, lighthouses, and other navigational aids. Her area of operation ranged from as far south as Calumet Harbor, south Chicago, to as far north as Little Bay de Noc, including Green Bay, Wisconsin; Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin; and Wisconsin’s Door Peninsula. 〔U.S Coast Guard History Program http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Acacia1944.pdf Retrieved: 30 April 2014〕 Among her various duties were search and rescue of lost or disabled vessels and icebreaking assistance during the cold winter months. During the ice season, ''Acacia'' was one of several Coast Guard ice breakers engaged in Operation Coal Shovel, which keeps the channels between Toledo, Ohio and Detroit, Michigan open for the coal ships supplying power plants and industries in Detroit. 〔U.S Coast Guard History Program http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Acacia1944.pdf Retrieved: 30 April 2014〕 ''Acacia'' also worked with NOAA in their efforts to acquire accurate weather information and with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service when they stocked Lake Michigan with hundreds of thousands of yearling trout. ''Acacia'' was decommissioned June 7, 2006 after 62 years of service. ''Acacia'' was the second to last of the vessels to serve. Although another ship was not assigned to ''Acacia's'' last home port, her duties were picked up then newly commissioned USCGC ''Mackinaw'' which is equipped to handle buoy tending as well as ice breaking.〔(The official ''USCGC Mackinaw'' website. )〕 〔U.S Coast Guard History Program http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Acacia1944.pdf Retrieved: 30 April 2014〕 == Maritime museum == In 2006, the American Academy of Industry, an Illinois nonprofit group will acquire the ship and turn it into a maritime museum in Chicago. Locations considered include Navy Pier, but also moorings along the Chicago River. The vessel, which was delivered in full working order with only her machine guns removed, is temporarily moored at Burns Harbor in Indiana. The U.S. Coast Guard had considered a sale to an unnamed African country, but when that fell through, found the Chicago group's request filed away. The donation was arranged through a transfer to the State of Illinois, which holds title.(Home of the American Academy of Industry & ''USCGC Acacia (WLB-406)'' ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USCGC Acacia (WLB-406)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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