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| Career
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| Laid down: | <td>May 1,1935
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| Launched: | <td>June 3, 1936
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| Commissioned: | <td>June 3, 1936
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| Decommissioned: | <td>December 7, 1986
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| Fate: | <td>Museum ship
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| General Characteristics
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| Displacement: | <td>2,700 tons
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| Length: | <td>327 ft (100 m)
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| Beam: | <td>41 ft (12.5 m)
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| Propulsion: | <td>2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers and 2 Westinghouse double reduction geared steam turbine engines. 6,200 hp (4,600 kW)
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| Speed: | <td>21 knots (39 km/h)
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| Range: | <td>8,270 nautical miles (15,300 km)
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| Complement: | <td>120-300 men (depending on time period)
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| Armament: | <td>depending on the time period, 1 to 4 x 5 in (127 mm) 38 caliber guns, 2 x 5 in (127 mm) 51 caliber guns, 2 x 6 lb (2.7 kg) saluting guns, varrying numbers of 50 caliber (12.7 mm) machine guns
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| Aircraft: | <td>originally 1 Grumman Seaplane, later removed
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| Motto: | <td>Semper Paratus (Always Ready)
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The USCGC Taney is a United States Coast Guard High Endurance Cutter, notable as the last ship floating that fought in the attack on Pearl Harbor. She was named for Roger B. Taney, formerly Secretary of the Treasury and Chief Justice of the United States.
She is also one of two Treasury Class Coast Guard Cutters still afloat. Serving her country for 50 years, the Taney saw action in both theaters of combat in World War II, serving as command ship at the Battle of Okinawa, and as part of fleet escort in the Atlantic & Mediterranean. She also served in the Vietnam War in Operation Marketime. Taney also patrolled the seas working in drug interdiction and fisheries protection. USCGC Taney also participated in the search for Amelia Earhart.
As of 2004 the Taney is located in the historic Baltimore Inner Harbor as part of the Baltimore Maritime Museum.
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