The crew of the USCGC Smilax (WLIC 315), the Coast Guard's Queen of the Fleet, stand in formation, Nov. 7, 2024, during the 80th Anniversary on the cutter that was held in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina. The cutter Smilax was commissioned on Nov. 1, 1944. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jonathan Lally)