USCGC Basswood (WLB-388)

The USCGC Basswood (WLB-388) was a belonging to the United States Coast Guard launched on 20 May 1943 and commissioned on 12 January 1944.

Career
The Basswood in Duluth, Minnesota and commissioned in January 1944. From March to April 1944 she performed general ATON and icebreaking on the Great Lakes after which she was transferred to Astoria, Oregon for additional ATON duty until the end of World War II.

From 1968 until her decommissioning in 1998, the Basswood was stationed in Guam and holds the distinction of being commissioned longer than any other naval ship assigned there. While on station, she was the driving force behind Project Handclasp, a US Navy program to provide health care and humanitarian relief to outlying islands in the Pacific Ocean.