{"id":551,"date":"2014-05-02T17:39:31","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T22:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/\/?page_id=551"},"modified":"2014-05-28T13:08:11","modified_gmt":"2014-05-28T18:08:11","slug":"too-late-for-combat","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.coastguardmodeling.com\/index.php\/cutters\/by-era\/world-war-ii-2\/white-hulls\/too-late-for-combat\/","title":{"rendered":"Too Late for Combat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #000000;\" align=\"center\"><strong>255&#8242; Lake Class Patrol Gunboat<br \/>\n<\/strong>Replaced the 250 Lake Class given to the UK<br \/>\nCommissioned as Patrol Gunboats<br \/>\nThe first white hulls commissioned with hull numbers<br \/>\nThe 255s are officially referred to as the Lake or Owasco Class<br \/>\nMost served in Vietnam<br \/>\nReclassified as High Endurance Cutters in 1967<br \/>\nAll were decommissioned in 1973\/1974<br \/>\nModel: <a href=\"https:\/\/\/www.coastguardmodeling.com\/index.php\/models\/cutters\/white-hulls\/high-endurance-cutters\/#255\">Yes<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\" align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Designation<\/td>\n<td>Name<\/td>\n<td>Class<\/td>\n<td>Hull<\/td>\n<td>Service<\/td>\n<td>Comments<\/td>\n<td>Pictures<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>USCGC<\/td>\n<td>Owasco<\/td>\n<td>WPG\/WHEC<\/td>\n<td>39<\/td>\n<td>1945 &#8211; 1973<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscg.mil\/history\/webcutters\/Owasco1945.pdf\">CGH<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>USCGC<\/td>\n<td>Winnebago<\/td>\n<td>WPG\/WHEC<\/td>\n<td>40<\/td>\n<td>1945 &#8211; 1973<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscg.mil\/history\/webcutters\/Winnebago1945.pdf\">CGH<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>USCGC<\/td>\n<td>Chautauqua<\/td>\n<td>WPG\/WHEC<\/td>\n<td>41<\/td>\n<td>1945 &#8211; 1973<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscg.mil\/history\/webcutters\/Chautauqua1945.pdf\">CGH<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>USCGC<\/td>\n<td>Sebago<\/td>\n<td>WPG\/WHEC<\/td>\n<td>42<\/td>\n<td>1945 &#8211; 1972<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscg.mil\/history\/webcutters\/Sebago1945.pdf\">CGH<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>USCGC<\/td>\n<td>Iroquois<\/td>\n<td>WPG\/WHEC<\/td>\n<td>43<\/td>\n<td>1946 &#8211; 1965<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>USCGC<\/td>\n<td>Wachusett<\/td>\n<td>WPG\/WHEC<\/td>\n<td>44<\/td>\n<td>1946 &#8211; 1973<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscg.mil\/history\/webcutters\/Wachusett1946.pdf\">CGH<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>USCGC<\/td>\n<td>Escanaba<\/td>\n<td>WPG\/WHEC<\/td>\n<td>64<\/td>\n<td>1946 &#8211; 1974<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscg.mil\/history\/webcutters\/Escanaba1946.pdf\">CGH<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>USCGC<\/td>\n<td>Winona<\/td>\n<td>WPG\/WHEC<\/td>\n<td>65<\/td>\n<td>1946 &#8211; 1974<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscg.mil\/history\/webcutters\/Winona1946.pdf\">CGH<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>USCGC<\/td>\n<td>Klamath<\/td>\n<td>WPG\/WHEC<\/td>\n<td>66<\/td>\n<td>1946 &#8211; 1973<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscg.mil\/history\/webcutters\/Klamath1946.pdf\">CGH<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>USCGC<\/td>\n<td>Minnetonka<\/td>\n<td>WPG\/WHEC<\/td>\n<td>67<\/td>\n<td>1946 &#8211; 1974<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscg.mil\/history\/webcutters\/Minnetonka1946.pdf\">CGH<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>USCGC<\/td>\n<td>Androscoggin<\/td>\n<td>WPG\/WHEC<\/td>\n<td>68<\/td>\n<td>1946 &#8211; 1974<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscg.mil\/history\/webcutters\/Androscoggin1946.pdf\">CGH<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>USCGC<\/td>\n<td>Mendota<\/td>\n<td>WPG\/WHEC<\/td>\n<td>69<\/td>\n<td>1945 &#8211; 1973<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscg.mil\/history\/webcutters\/Mendota1945.pdf\">CGH<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>USCGC<\/td>\n<td>Pontchartrain<\/td>\n<td>WPG\/WHEC<\/td>\n<td>70<\/td>\n<td>1945 &#8211; 1973<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscg.mil\/history\/webcutters\/Pontchartrain1945.pdf\">CGH<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>255&#8242; 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: &hellip; 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