two parts in a heavy mid-winter storm on 26 December about 600 miles South-East of Cape May. The six men that were stranded on the bow section, as well as one seaman of SS Platte who disappeared during an attempted rescue of Ragny'''s crew, perished in the accident. Escanaba crew was awarded the Coast Guard Unit Commendation and the Finnish Lifesaving Medal for the rescue.Escanaba was decommissioned on 28 June 1974 and scrapped. Footnotes References Jane's Fighting Ships 1949-50. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company Inc., 1949, p. 402. Scheina, Robert L.: U.S. Coast Guard Cutters & Craft of World War II Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1981, pp. 1–3. Scheina, Robert L.: U.S. Coast Guard Cutters & Craft, 1946-1990'' Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1990, pp. 18–26. Owasco-class cutters Ships of the United States Coast Guard Ships built in Los Angeles 1945 ships