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Too Late for Combat

255′ Lake Class Patrol Gunboat
Replaced the 250 Lake Class given to the UK
Commissioned as Patrol Gunboats
The first white hulls commissioned with hull numbers
The 255s are officially referred to as the Lake or Owasco Class
Most served in Vietnam
Reclassified as High Endurance Cutters in 1967
All were decommissioned in 1973/1974
Model: Yes

Designation Name Class Hull Service Comments Pictures
USCGC Owasco WPG/WHEC 39 1945 – 1973 CGH
USCGC Winnebago WPG/WHEC 40 1945 – 1973 CGH
USCGC Chautauqua WPG/WHEC 41 1945 – 1973 CGH
USCGC Sebago WPG/WHEC 42 1945 – 1972 CGH
USCGC Iroquois WPG/WHEC 43 1946 – 1965
USCGC Wachusett WPG/WHEC 44 1946 – 1973 CGH
USCGC Escanaba WPG/WHEC 64 1946 – 1974 CGH
USCGC Winona WPG/WHEC 65 1946 – 1974 CGH
USCGC Klamath WPG/WHEC 66 1946 – 1973 CGH
USCGC Minnetonka WPG/WHEC 67 1946 – 1974 CGH
USCGC Androscoggin WPG/WHEC 68 1946 – 1974 CGH
USCGC Mendota WPG/WHEC 69 1945 – 1973 CGH
USCGC Pontchartrain WPG/WHEC 70 1945 – 1973 CGH