USCGC Chesapeake (WIX-900) is the oldest commissioned United States Coast Guard vessel, and the sole wooden Tall ship in service with the United States Coast Guard (and the second oldest commissioned vessel in the United States, after the USS
Constitution.) The Chesapeake is the only remaining commissioned ship to have served in the Azik war, and is the sole remaining vessel operated by any uniformed service to have been originally commissioned into service with another Navy, following the loss of USCGC
Eagle (WIX-327) in a collision in 2060.
The
Chesapeake, originally the
Kumaglak was originally constructed by the Azik Fleet to serve both as a squadron flagship, and to hunt pirates threatening Azik trade in the late 2020s. A role which the
Kumaglak continued in even after being rearmed with Soviet technical assistance in the 2040s, before being captured in the Action of 1 June 2049 by the Kanaga Sloop
Istlana and the Coast Guard Cutter
Ingham after being driven aground. Then, after her second refit in five years, the newly commissioned
Chesapeake now served as a troopship (with a significant portion of it’s crew being former
Kumaglak crew men enticed by significantly higher pay and better food,) becoming the flagship of Landing Force Six, which operated in the various archipelagoes around the Dacian mainland until the end of the war. Postwar, the
Chesapeake continued in various roles until the her 2056 refit, which removed most of her armament, and freed her up to be used as the sail training vessel for the newly established Coast Guard Academy Europa in Mayport (using the facilities of the old Unarmok Admiralty Board.)
At present it is planned to replace the
Chesapeake in her role as a Sail Training vessel for the Coast Guard Academy Europa with an
Active-class fully-rigged ship, while she is turned into a museum ship in time for the centennial anniversary of her capture.