DATE: March 08, 2007 13:14:23 EST
03-2007 Raymond F. O'Malley - Last survivor of the USS Escanaba (USCG)_3
Photo of the USS Escanaba (USCG WPG-77) moored in Grand Haven, Mich, prior to 1941. Escanaba was built at Dafoe Works, Bay City, Mich., and commissioned on November 23, 1932. The 165-foot "A"-class cutter was built for light ice-breaking. Sister ships included the Algonquin (WPG-75); Comanche (WPG-76); Mohawk (WPG-78); Onondaga (WPG-79); and Tahoma (WPG-80). Photo supplied by the USCG Headquarters Historian's Office.