USCGC Escanaba (WMEC-907)
 USCGC Escanaba (WMEC-907) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name: | USCGC Escanaba |
| Namesake: | USCGC Escanaba (WPG-77) |
| Builder: | Robert Derecktor Shipyard Incorporated, Middletown, Rhode Island |
| Laid down: | April 1, 1983 |
| Launched: | February 6, 1985 |
| Commissioned: | August 29, 1987 |
| Homeport: | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Motto: | The Spirit Lives On. |
| Fate: | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Famous-class cutter |
| Displacement: | 1,800 long tons (1,829 t) |
| Length: | 270 ft (82 m) |
| Beam: | 38 ft (12 m) |
| Draft: | 14.5 ft (4.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | Twin turbo-charged ALCO V-18 diesel engines |
| Speed: | 19.5 knots (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph) |
| Range: | 9,900 nautical miles (18,300 km; 11,400 mi) |
| Endurance: | 14-21 days |
| Boats & landing craft carried: |
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| Complement: | 100 personnel (14 officers, 86 enlisted) |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys: | AN/SLQ-32 (receive only) |
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USCGC Escanaba (WMEC-907) is a United States Coast Guard medium endurance cutter based in Boston, Massachusetts.[1] 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 home port of her predecessor.
The first Escanaba was sunk by either a mine or 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 105-man crew.[2]
Service
A boarding party from Escanaba was engaged by the crew of a suspected drug smuggling go-fast boat on 14 September 2010. The go-fast escaped when it entered Nicaraguan waters, but no Coast Guard personnel were injured.[3]
References
- ↑ Escanaba history page
- ↑ The Sinking of the USCGC Escanaba
- ↑ http://articles.cnn.com/2010-09-24/world/nicaragua.us.coast.guard_1_drug-traffickers-coast-guard-nicaraguan-waters?_s=PM:WORLD