USCGC Escanaba (WMEC-907)

USCGC Escanaba (WMEC-907)

USCGC "Escanaba" (WMEC-907) is a United States Coast Guard medium endurance cutter based in Boston, Massachusetts. [http://www.uscg.mil/lantarea/cutter/escanaba/ Escanaba home page] Her keel was laid on April 1, 1983 at Robert Derecktor Shipyard Incorporated, Middletown, Rhode Island. She was launched February 6, 1985 and is named for her predecessor, USCGC Escanaba (WPG-77), which was named for the Escanaba River and Escanaba, Michigan. "Escanaba" (WMEC-907) was formally commissioned August 29, 1987 in Grand Haven, Michigan, the homeport of her predecessor.

The first "Escanaba" was sunk by an enemy torpedo on June 13, 1943, during World War II's Battle of the Atlantic, while escorting a convoy off Newfoundland. There were only two survivors out of the 103-man crew. [http://www.uscg.mil/lantarea/cutter/escanaba/History.htm]

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* [http://www.uscg.mil/lantarea/cutter/escanaba/ "Escanaba" home page]


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