Ships of the U.S. Coast Guard, 1940-1945

WPG-77 Escanaba

• Gunboat class Cutter:
• Displacement: 1,050 tons
• Length: 165'
• Beam: 36'
• Draft: 14'
• Speed: 12.5 knots
• Armament: 2 3"/50, 2 20mm, 2 depth charge tracks, 4 Y-guns, 2 Mousetraps
• Complement: 7 officers, 1 warrant, 90 enlisted
• Double-reduction geared turbine engine, single screw, 1,500 hp.
• Built at Defoe Works, Bay City, Mich., and commissioned 23 November 1932

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