WPG
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English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]WPG
- Abbreviation of Winnipeg.
Alternative forms
[edit](Winnipeg):
Noun
[edit]WPG (plural WPGs)
- (US, military, nautical) Initialism of weather, patrol, gunship/gunboat. (a designation shiptype for the U.S. Coast Guard ocean-going cutters) These USCG patrol vessels also function as meteorological stations, and are equipped with deck guns.
Coordinate terms
[edit](United States Coast Guard):
- WDE (weather, destroyer escort) (a USCG ocean-going cutter of the naval frigate shiptype)
- WAVP (weather, aviation, patrol) (a USCG ocean-going cutter of the seaplane tender shiptype)
- WHEC (weather, high endurance, cutter) (a USCG ocean-going cutter of the naval light cruiser shiptype)
- WMEC (weather, medium endurance, cutter) (a USCG ocean-going cutter of the naval destroyer shiptype)
- WPC (weather, patrol craft) (a USCG ocean-going cutter of the naval patrolcraft shiptype)
- WPB (weather, patrol boat) (a USCG ocean-going cutter of the naval patrolboat shiptype)