USCGC Escanaba (WMEC-907) is a United States Coast Guard
medium endurance cutter based in Boston, Massachusetts. 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, and 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.
