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Mersea, Hope and Spirit of Grace, Port Mercy, Lake Charles Louisiana, Jan 01, 2006. WWII vets with no thought of retirement anywhere in sight. Mersea and Hope are both disaster response vessels (Former USCG 180'Bouy Tenders), Built in 1943 in Duluth Minnesota. Spirit of Grace is a Knot Class Vessel, a 5,000 ton general cargo vessel used to transport food and other items to people in need world wide. She was built in 1944 in Superior Wisconsin as USS Pembina then in 1951 renamed as the USNS Pembina. In 1968 she was transfered to the US Army and renamed USAT Resolute. In 1996 she joined Friendships and became the Spirit of Grace. LOA: 344'. All vessels registered in Galveston, Texas and owned and operated by Friendships, a non profit Christian Humanitarian organization. http://www.friendships.org
Mersea IMO: 8966145
Hope: IMO 8991334
Spirit of Grace IMO:8037815
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Guard 180' Buoy tenders.. Funnels even still
have Coast Guard Color's (Buff) God Knows I
painted it enough while I was in the USCG :lol:
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Jacob
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