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USCGC WESTWINDUSCGC DALLASUSCGC Escanaba WHEC 64USCGC MORGENTHAU

Arthur Henry

U.S. Coast Guard Military Retiree

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About

Branch

U.S. Coast Guard

Service Years

1970 - 1993

Units

USCGC WESTWIND

U.S. Coast Guard

USCGC **Westwind** (WAGB-281) was a Wind-class icebreaker commissioned by the United States Coast Guard in 1944. Initially built for the U.S. Navy during World War II, she was transferred to the Coast Guard and served extensively in Arctic and Antarctic operations. Throughout her career, Westwind participated in resupply missions, scientific expeditions, and search and rescue operations, demonstrating her vital role in polar environments. Decommissioned in 1988, Westwind left a legacy as one of the most capable and long-serving icebreakers in the Coast Guard fleet.

USCGC DALLAS

U.S. Coast Guard

USCGC DALLAS (WHEC-716) was a high endurance cutter of the United States Coast Guard, commissioned in 1967. Throughout her service, DALLAS participated in a wide array of missions, including search and rescue, law enforcement, and defense operations, notable for her deployments during the Vietnam War and later in Operation Desert Storm. The cutter played a key role in numerous drug interdiction efforts in the Caribbean and Atlantic, earning several unit commendations. After over four decades of distinguished service, USCGC DALLAS was decommissioned in 2012 and subsequently transferred to the Philippine Navy.

USCGC Escanaba WHEC 64

U.S. Coast Guard

USCGC Escanaba (WHEC-64) was a United States Coast Guard high endurance cutter commissioned in 1946. Named after the earlier USCGC Escanaba (WPG-77) lost in World War II, WHEC-64 served primarily on the Atlantic seaboard, performing search and rescue, law enforcement, and ocean station duties during the Cold War era. She participated in numerous weather patrols and humanitarian missions, contributing to maritime safety and national security. The cutter was decommissioned in 1974, concluding nearly three decades of distinguished service.

USCGC MORGENTHAU insignia

USCGC MORGENTHAU

U.S. Coast Guard

USCGC Morgenthau (WHEC-722) was a high endurance cutter of the United States Coast Guard, commissioned in 1969. Named after former Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., the cutter served for nearly five decades. Morgenthau participated in numerous missions, including combat operations during the Vietnam War, drug interdiction, search and rescue, and fisheries enforcement in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. After distinguished service, she was decommissioned in 2017 and transferred to the Vietnamese Coast Guard, where she continues to serve as CSB-8020.