Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard_Cutter
gptkbp:armament 1 × 5 in (127 mm) gun
4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Armed_Forces_Expeditionary_Medal
gptkb:World_War_II_Victory_Medal
gptkb:Meritorious_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Vietnam_Service_Medal
gptkb:Coast_Guard_Reserve_Medal
gptkb:Coast_Guard_Good_Conduct_Medal
American Campaign Medal
Sea Service Deployment Ribbon
Humanitarian Service Medal
gptkbp:builder gptkb:San_Pedro,_California
gptkb:Western_Pipe_and_Steel_Company
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Captain_John_W._McGowan
gptkb:Captain_William_J._McCarthy
gptkbp:commissioned 1943
gptkbp:crew_size 100 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1988
gptkbp:deployedTo Scrapped in 1990s
gptkbp:displacement 2,000 tons
gptkbp:fate Scrapped
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Boston,_Massachusetts
gptkb:New_York_City
gptkb:Portsmouth,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba
gptkbp:launched 1942
gptkbp:length 327 feet
gptkbp:nickname Escanaba
gptkbp:notable_event Operation Market Garden
Hurricane relief efforts
Rescue_operations_during_World_War_II
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:Caribbean_Sea
gptkb:Great_Lakes
gptkb:North_Atlantic_Ocean
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:range 5,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:role Law enforcement
Search and rescue
Icebreaking
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard
gptkbp:services 1988
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:Operation_New_Life
Operation Deep Freeze
Operation Restore Hope
Operation Able Manner
Operation Sea Angel
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:Coast_Guard_Cutter_Campbell
gptkbp:speed 20 knots