&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:USCGC_Escanaba_WMEC-907.jpg) USCGC Escanaba (WMEC-907)
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| History | |
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 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 Grand Haven, Michigan |
| Homeport | Portsmouth, Virginia |
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| Motto | The Spirit Lives On. |
| Status | Active |
| Badge | &sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:USCGC_ESCANABA_(WMEC_907)_DVIDS1087354.jpg) |
| 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 |
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| Complement | 100 personnel (14 officers, 86 enlisted) |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | AN/SLQ-32 (receive only) 2 x Mark 36 SRBOC |
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USCGC Escanaba (WMEC-907) is a United States Coast Guard medium endurance cutter based in Portsmouth, Virginia.[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 sank during World War Two, and 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.