USCGC Winona

	USCGC Winona (WHEC-65), circa 1965
History
United States
Owner	US Coast Guard
Builder	Western Pipe & Steel
Cost	$4,239,702 (hull and machinery)
Laid down	8 November 1944
Launched	22 April 1945
Christened	Winona
Commissioned	19 April 1946
Decommissioned	31 May 1974
Reclassified	WPG-65 to WHEC-65
Fate	Scrapped, 1974
Notes	WPS Hull No. 152.
General characteristics
Type	Owasco-class cutter
Displacement	1,978 full (1966); 1,342 light (1966);
Length	254 ft (77.4 m) oa.; 245 ft (74.7 m) pp.;
Beam	43 ft 1 in (13.1 m)
Draft	17 ft 3 in (5.3 m) (1966)
Installed power	4,000 shp (3,000 kW) (1945)
Propulsion	1 × Westinghouse electric motor driven by a turbine, (1945)
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph).
Range	6,157 mi (9,909 km) at 17 knots; 10,376 mi (16,699 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (1966);
Complement	10 officers, 3 warrants, 130 enlisted (1966)
Sensors &; processing systems	Detection Radar: SPS-23, SPS-29, Mk 26, Mk 27 (1966); Sonar: SQS-1 (1966);
Armament	1945: ; 2 × twin 5 in/38 cal. dual-purpose gun mounts; 2 × quad 40 mm AA gun mounts; 2 × depth charge tracks; 6 × "K" gun depth charge projectors; 1 × Hedgehog projector.; 1966: ; 1 × 5 in/38 cal. dual-purpose gun mount; 1 × Hedgehog projector;
Notes	Fuel capacity: 141,755 gal (Oil, 95%).

USCGC Winona (WHEC-65) was an Owasco class high endurance cutter built for World War II service with the United States Coast Guard. The war ended before the ship was completed and consequently she did not see wartime service until the Vietnam War.

Winona was built by Western Pipe & Steel at the company's San Pedro shipyard. Named after Winona Lake, Indiana, she was commissioned as a patrol gunboat with ID number WPG-65 on 19 April 1946. Her ID was later changed to WHEC-65 (HEC for "High Endurance Cutter" - the "W" signifies a Coast Guard vessel)

History
USCGC Winona (WHEC-65), circa 1965
United States
Owner	US Coast Guard
Builder	Western Pipe & Steel
Cost	$4,239,702 (hull and machinery)
Laid down	8 November 1944
Launched	22 April 1945
Christened	Winona
Commissioned	19 April 1946
Decommissioned	31 May 1974
Reclassified	WPG-65 to WHEC-65
Fate	Scrapped, 1974
Notes	WPS Hull No. 152.
General characteristics
Type	Owasco-class cutter
Displacement	1,978 full (1966) 1,342 light (1966)
Length	254 ft (77.4 m) oa. 245 ft (74.7 m) pp.
Beam	43 ft 1 in (13.1 m)
Draft	17 ft 3 in (5.3 m) (1966)
Installed power	4,000 shp (3,000 kW) (1945)
Propulsion	1 × Westinghouse electric motor driven by a turbine, (1945)
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph).
Range	6,157 mi (9,909 km) at 17 knots 10,376 mi (16,699 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (1966)
Complement	10 officers, 3 warrants, 130 enlisted (1966)
Sensors & processing systems	Detection Radar: SPS-23, SPS-29, Mk 26, Mk 27 (1966) Sonar: SQS-1 (1966)
Armament	1945: 2 × twin 5 in/38 cal. dual-purpose gun mounts 2 × quad 40 mm AA gun mounts 2 × depth charge tracks 6 × "K" gun depth charge projectors 1 × Hedgehog projector. 1966: 1 × 5 in/38 cal. dual-purpose gun mount 1 × Hedgehog projector
Notes	Fuel capacity: 141,755 gal (Oil, 95%).