United States Coast Guard Service
The U.S. Navy loaned Casco to the United States Coast Guard on 19 April 1949. The Coast Guard commissioned her as USCGC Casco (WAVP-370) the same day, and redesignated her WHEC-370 in 1966. During her Coast Guard career, her primary duty was to patrol ocean stations in the North Atlantic Ocean, providing weather reporting services and engaging in search-and-rescue and law-enforcement operations.
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