ALMIRANTE JUAN ALEJANDRO ACOSTA (PA-302) class

 1 ALMIRANTE JUAN ALEJANDRO ACOSTA-class PATROL SHIP (PS)
   (ex-USCGC BALSAM (WLB-62) class)
 Name                               Pendant   Launched         Commissioned    Status
 ALMIRANTE JUAN ALEJANDRO ACOSTA    C-456     Aug. 15, 1942    May 30, 1943    Active
   (ex-USCGC CITRUS, WMEC-300, WLB-300)

This is the ex-U.S. Coast Guard vessel CITRUS (WMEC-300). Vessels in the U.S. Coast Guard BALSAM class were robustly constructed and still had a number of years of service life...