Keywords: USCGC Duane (WAGC-33) in March 1944.jpg The U S Navy amphibious force command ship USCGC Duane WAGC-6 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard Virginia USA on 6 March 1944 Duane was to be taken over by the U S Navy and designated USS Duane AGC-6 but that plan was dropped and Duane retained her original designation as USCGC Duane WAGC-33 Here she wears the pennant number 6 Duane was attached to the Eighth Amphibious Force in the Mediterranean Sea as WAGC-33 and took part in Operation Dragoon the invasion of southern France in August 1944 She remained in the Mediterranean until July 1945 when she returned to the United States and reverted to her previous designation WPG-33 U S Navy Bureau of Ships photo http //www navsource org/archives/10/01/10010611 jpg 19-N-62563 from http //www navsource org/archives/10/01/0106 htm Navsource org 1944-03-06 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy USCGC Duane WPG-33 Amphibious command ships AGC |