if possible. However, the cutter was not able to carry out this rescue. On 3 December, Cleveco foundered with all hands. Eight bodies of the crew were recovered. Routine patrols During April 1943, Ossipee engaged in routine patrols in Lake Erie and at Cleveland and also made practice cruises and performed routine duties. During August 1943, she was engaged in training cruises and gun target practice. During October, she engaged in routine training operations on Lake Erie and on the Detroit River and St. Clair Rivers. On 22 October 1943, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers derrick barge Tonowanda and two dump scows went ashore east of Cleveland harbor during a storm, and Ossipee was dispatched to stand by and assist. Ossipee and other Coast Guard equipment re-floated the vessels the next day, and Ossipee later towed the scows to Cleveland. During December 1943, she was on training operations on Lake Erie. Drills and exercises Early in June 1945, she conducted drills and exercises in Lake Erie, later in the month towing U.S. Navy YF-737 to Chicago, and returning to Cleveland. Early in July, she towed a pontoon for LST-512 from Buffalo to Rochester, New York and returned from Buffalo to Erie. VJ Day found her still on duty in the 9th (Cleveland) Naval District, where she remained until 18 September 1946, when she was declared surplus and sold by the Maritime Commission to Mr. Harold H. Neff, East Cleveland, Ohio. Notes Citations References Ossipee (1915), U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office website U.S. Coast Guard. Public Information Division. Historical Section (1949): The Coast Guard at War: Transports and Escorts (Vol. V)''. (Washington, DC: Public Information Division, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters. External links Tallapoosa-class cutters Ships of the United States Coast Guard 1915 ships