United States Coast Guard Service
Loaned to the United States Coast Guard on 5 January 1949, Absecon became the Coast Guard cutter USCGC Absecon (WAVP-374) and operated as such until 1972. Operating primarily in the Atlantic out of Norfolk, Virginia, she served as a weather ship on ocean stations, and also conducted search and rescue and law enforcement operations in addition to United States Coast Guard Academy cadet training cruises. In 1966 she was reclassified as a high endurance cutter and redesignated WHEC-374, and was transferred permanently to the Coast Guard.
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