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The designation of high endurance cutter (WHEC) was created in 1965 when the United States Coast Guard adopted its own designation system. High endurance cutters encompass the largest cutters previously designated by the United States Navy as gunboats, destroyer escorts, and seaplane tenders.[1] The term High Endurance Cutter may refer to any of five individual ship classes that have seen service in the Coast Guard.