Comments on: USCG medium endurance cutter Comanche arrives in Seattle

By: Maritime Monday 194

Maritime Monday 194 — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:11:11 +0000

[...] Historic Ship of the Week: USCGC Comanche WMEC 202 » [...]

By: joeintacoma

joeintacoma — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:32:15 +0000

Comanche is the only cutter of either endurace class preserved and operational on the West coast. USN ATA 202, USCGC WATA 202 and then WMEC Comanche 202. Decom. 1980, sold, resold for commerical service in 1990 and donated to the Comanche 202 Foundation in 2007. Last fully functional original ATA and only “endurance” cutter of either class preserved on the West coast.

By: ipuppy

ipuppy — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:31:44 +0000

OK, I only spent 26 years in the USCG, but I never heard of an “endurance cutter?” I’ve heard of high and medium endurance cutters (WHEC and WMEC), but never just an “endurance cutter.”