USCGC Wachusett (WHEC-44)
 USCGC Wachusett (WHEC-44) was an Owasco class high endurance cutter built for World War II service with the United States Coast Guard. She was commissioned too late for service in that war and consequently did not see military service until the Vietnam War.Wachusett was built by Western Pipe & Steel at the company's San Pedro shipyard. Named after Wachusett Lake Massachusetts she was commissioned as a patrol gunboat with ID number WPG-44 on 23 March 1946.