USCGC Escanaba (WHEC-64)

	USCGC Escanaba (WHEC-64), 1 September 1968
History
United States
Builder	Western Pipe & Steel, Los Angeles, California
Cost	Over $2,300,000 excluding armament
Launched	25 March 1945
Christened	Otsego
Commissioned	20 March 1946
Decommissioned	28 June 1974
Reclassified	WPG-64 to WHEC-64
Fate	Scrapped, 1974
Notes	WPS Hull No. 151.
General characteristics
Type	Owasco-class cutter
Displacement	1,978 full (1966); 1,342 light (1966);
Length	254 ft (77.4 m) oa.; 245 ft (74.7 m) pp.;
Beam	43 ft 1 in (13.1 m)
Draft	17 ft 3 in (5.3 m) (1966)
Installed power	4,000 shp (3,000 kW) (1945)
Propulsion	1 × Westinghouse electric motor driven by a turbine, (1945)
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph).
Range	6,157 mi (9,909 km) at 17 knots; 10,376 mi (16,699 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (1966);
Complement	10 officers, 3 warrants, 130 enlisted (1966)
Sensors and ; processing systems	Detection Radar: SPS-23, SPS-29, Mk 26, Mk 27 (1966); Sonar: SQS-1 (1966);
Armament	1945:; 2 × twin 5 in/38 cal. dual-purpose gun mounts; 2 × quad 40 mm AA gun mounts; 2 × depth charge tracks; 6 × "K" gun depth charge projectors; 1 × Hedgehog projector.; 1966:; 1 × 5 in/38 cal. dual-purpose gun mount; 1 × Hedgehog projector;
Notes	Fuel capacity: 141,755 gal (Oil, 95%).

USCGC Escanaba (WHEC-64) was an Owasco-class high endurance cutter built for World War II service with the United States Coast Guard. The war ended before the ship was completed and consequently she never saw wartime service.

Escanaba was built by Western Pipe & Steel at the company's San Pedro shipyard. Named after Escanaba A city in Upper Michigan, and the first Escanaba- wpg class-77 . She was commissioned as a patrol gunboat with ID number WPG-64 on 20 March 1946. Her ID was later changed to WHEC-64 (HEC for "High Endurance Cutter" - the "W" signifies a Coast Guard vessel).^[3]^[4]

^ Jane's Fighting Ships 1949-50, p. 402. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company Inc., 1949
^ Western Pipe & Steel - San Pedro shipyard Archived 2007-11-15 at the Wayback Machine - Colton Company website
^ "USCG Escanaba1946" (PDF). U.S. Coast Guard History Program. United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 2012-12-17.
^ "USCG Designations". U.S. Coast Guard History Program. United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 2012-12-17.

[Jane_p._402-1] Jane's Fighting Ships 1949-50, p. 402. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company Inc., 1949

[2] Western Pipe & Steel - San Pedro shipyard Archived 2007-11-15 at the Wayback Machine - Colton Company website

[USCG_Escanaba-3] "USCG Escanaba1946" (PDF). U.S. Coast Guard History Program. United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 2012-12-17.

[USCG_Designations-4] "USCG Designations". U.S. Coast Guard History Program. United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 2012-12-17.

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History
USCGC Escanaba (WHEC-64), 1 September 1968
United States
Builder	Western Pipe & Steel, Los Angeles, California
Cost	Over $2,300,000 excluding armament
Launched	25 March 1945^[1]
Christened	Otsego
Commissioned	20 March 1946
Decommissioned	28 June 1974
Reclassified	WPG-64 to WHEC-64
Fate	Scrapped, 1974^[2]
Notes	WPS Hull No. 151.
General characteristics
Type	Owasco-class cutter
Displacement	1,978 full (1966) 1,342 light (1966)
Length	254 ft (77.4 m) oa. 245 ft (74.7 m) pp.
Beam	43 ft 1 in (13.1 m)
Draft	17 ft 3 in (5.3 m) (1966)
Installed power	4,000 shp (3,000 kW) (1945)
Propulsion	1 × Westinghouse electric motor driven by a turbine, (1945)
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph).
Range	6,157 mi (9,909 km) at 17 knots 10,376 mi (16,699 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (1966)
Complement	10 officers, 3 warrants, 130 enlisted (1966)
Sensors and processing systems	Detection Radar: SPS-23, SPS-29, Mk 26, Mk 27 (1966) Sonar: SQS-1 (1966)
Armament	1945: 2 × twin 5 in/38 cal. dual-purpose gun mounts 2 × quad 40 mm AA gun mounts 2 × depth charge tracks 6 × "K" gun depth charge projectors 1 × Hedgehog projector. 1966: 1 × 5 in/38 cal. dual-purpose gun mount 1 × Hedgehog projector
Notes	Fuel capacity: 141,755 gal (Oil, 95%).