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
Identification:
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:
  • 1 × Over-the-Horizon (OTH) Interceptor
  • 1 × RHI with twin 90 HP outboard engines
Complement: 100 personnel (14 officers, 86 enlisted)
Sensors and
processing systems:
Electronic warfare
& decoys:

AN/SLQ-32 (receive only)

2 x Mark 36 SRBOC
Armament:
Aircraft carried:

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]

The Escanaba participated in the 2017 Joint Interagency Task Force South with various other naval forces. During the exercise the Escanaba interdicted 2 smuggling vessels, the cutter also participated in numerous exercises at sea focusing on various warfare areas including maritime interdiction operations, naval gun-fire support, tactical maneuvering and formation steaming, and search and rescue.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Escanaba history page
  2. ↑ The Sinking of the USCGC Escanaba
  3. ↑ CNN: Suspected drug traffickers fire on U.S. Coast Guard off Nicaragua
  4. ↑ "Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba "The Pride of Boston" returns home after two months at sea". content.govdelivery.com. Retrieved 13 August 2017.


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