I went aboard the Escape on a drug interdiction cruise in 1983 when the ship's Health Specialist had to go on emergency leave. It was a fun two months and a contrast to the past two years I'd spent on a Spruance class destroyer. There was an urban myth aboard the Escape that it was the last active vessel that was present in Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 even though the Escape wasn't even laid down in the yard for another 9 months. Don't know why they believed it. The USCGC Escape was originally the U.S. Navy USS Escape (ARS6) until transferred to the Coast Guard in 1978, rebuilt and serving until 1995.
at Naval Station, Charleston, South Carolina
my photo, scan from Kodachrome slide.