page_title: USCGC Courier (WAGR-410)
section_title: USCGC Courier WTR-410 (1966–1972)
hierarchical_section_title: USCGC Courier (WAGR-410) / USCGC Courier WTR-410 (1966–1972)
caption_attribution_description: English: MARAD record for final decommission of USCGC Courier 410 WAGR WTR
context_page_description: The USCGC Courier was a cutter in the United States Coast Guard converted from the M/V Coastal Messenger a Maritime Commission Type C1-M-AV1 vessel.
context_section_description: The USCGC Courier WTR-410 was recommissioned into the Coast Guard at Yorktown, Virginia on 30 April 1966. Here the Courier's mission was to serve as a mobile operational training platform with qualified personnel attached and to aid by giving guidance during operational Port Security training at various sites during two week active duty for training periods.  The Courier's area of operation covered the East Coast, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Great Lakes.
  In June 1970 the USS Pocono suffered damage to her bow after colliding with the Courier, who also suffered bow damage in the Chesapeake Bay.
  The Courier's homeport remained the Reserve Training Center in Yorktown and she finished her Coast Guard career as a training vessel for reservists. She carried accommodations for 220 trainees, patrol boats, and communication equipment. Her small boats were used to train reservists in harbor patrols while her cargo handling equipment was employed to train reservists in handling dangerous cargoes.
  USCGC Courier 410-WAGR/WTR was decommissioned in 1972 and scrapped in 1977.
caption: MARAD 3A Documents final decommission for USCGC Courier 410 WAGR WTR
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