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SPARS was the United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve created in 1942 by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt . The name is a contraction of the Coast Guard motto Semper Paratus and its English translation Always Ready. The name also refers to a Spar in nautical usage. Like the other women's reserves such as the Women's Army Corps and the WAVES , it was created to free men from stateside service in order to fight overseas. Its director was Dorothy C. Stratton . The cutter USCGC Spar (WLB-206) is named after the SPARS. EXTERNAL LINKS
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