Built at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 1935-36.

Commissioned October 24, 1936, as ROGER B. TANEY. Named after former Acting Secretary of Treasury in Andrew Jackson's administration and former Chief Supreme Court Justice who was a native of Maryland and married to the sister of Francis Scott Key.

A High Endurance Cutter (WHEC). W is the designation for Coast Guard surface vessels. A cutter is a vessel 65 feet or more in length that can accomodate a crew for extended deployment.

Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1988.

Only survivor still afloat of the 101 warships that were present and fought during the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. TANEY was tied up at Pier 6 in Honolulu and was ready to fire within 4 minutes of the attack. It was the last active ship at the battle to be decommissioned (December 7, 1986)

The TANEY has given a half-century of wide-ranging continuous service: patrols and commercial seaplane base establishment assistance, South pacific Ocean; Pearl Harbor attack; North Pacific Ocean patrols and intelligence gathering; Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea convoys; Okinawa campaign; Korean War; weather and communications ship; officer training; Vietnam War; drug interdiction in Caribbean.