U.S. Coast Guard Service History
Transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard the ship was commissioned 1 February 1947 as Heather (WABL / WLB-331) and stationed at Mobile, Alabama until 5 December 1949. Heather was transferred and began operations out of San Pedro, California 6 December 1949 until decommissioning on 15 December 1967 and transfer to Seattle, Washington on 12 April 1968.
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