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SAN ANDRES (PO-45) class

Country of Origin: Colombia


 1 SAN ANDRES-class PATROL CRAFT (PC) (ex-USCGC BALSAM class)

 Name          Pendant No.   Launched       Completed      Status
 SAN ANDRES    PO-45         May 23, 1942   Nov. 3, 1943   Active
   (ex-USCGC GENTIAN, WIX-290; WLB-290)

This ship was originally completed as a unit (WLB-290) of the U.S. Coast Guard BALSAM class seagoing buoy tenders. She was decommissioned from U.S. service on May 15, 1998. Placed "in commission, special" on April 1, 1999, and reclassified as an...

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