Wind class

Wind class

1944

1944

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Heavily armed icebreakers which served from 1944 through the late 1970s in the United States Coast Guard. Three were loaned to the Soviet Navy while two others were built for the US Navy and a last one for the Royal Canadian Navy

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219	crew
6000	full load (tn)
82	length (m)
19.35	beam (m)
7.85	draught (m)
13	max speed (knots)
12000	power (shp)



6	Naval Engine diesel



6	Naval Gun single 20 mm
8	Naval Gun single 40 mm
2	Torpedo Launchers Depth charge rack

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	USCG	WAGB-278	USCGC Staten Island		1944	1974
	USCG	WAGB-279	USCGC Eastwind		1944	1968
	USCG	WAGB-280	USCGC Southwind		1944	1974
	USCG	WAGB-281	USCGC Westwind		1944	1988
	USCG	WAGB-282	USCGC Northwind		1945	1989
	USCG	WAGB-284	USCGC Edisto	NLKY	1946	1977
	Canadian Armed Forces	AW 50	HMCS Labrador	CGVM	1954	1987
	US Navy	AGB-4	USS Glacier	NAAO	1955	1966
USCG WAGB-4 USCGC Glacier					1966	1987
	USCG	WAGB-283	USCGC Burton Island		1966	1978

9 units

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1943	Launched	WAGB-281 USCGC Westwind as USS Westwind AGB-6
1944		WAGB-278 USCGC Staten Island to Soviet Navy as Severny Veter
1944-jul-10	Laid down	WAGB-282 USCGC Northwind
1945		WAGB-281 USCGC Westwind to Soviet Union as Severni Polius
1945		WAGB-280 USCGC Southwind to Soviet Navy as Kapitan Belusov
1945-jul-28	Commissioned	WAGB-282 USCGC Northwind
1946		WAGB-283 USCGC Burton Island to US Navy as USS Burton Island AG-88
1946-dec-2	Deployment	WAGB-282 USCGC Northwind Left eastern USA for Antarctica deployment with Operation Highjump, USCG Sikorsky HNS-1 39043 embarked. Returned to US mid Apr 1947.
1950		WAGB-280 USCGC Southwind to US Navy as USS Atka AGB-3
1951	Commissioned	WAGB-281 USCGC Westwind in USCG
1951		WAGB-278 USCGC Staten Island to US Navy as USS Northwind AGB-5
1952		WAGB-278 USCGC Staten Island renamed Staten Island
1953-aug-3	Laid down	AGB-4 USS Glacier Yard No 580.
1954-jul-8	Commissioned	AW 50 HMCS Labrador
1954-aug-27	Launched	AGB-4 USS Glacier
1955-may-27	Commissioned	AGB-4 USS Glacier
1956-dec-31	Aircraft	WAGB-278 USCGC Staten Island Ships Flight Bell HTL-5 of HU-1 Det 31, crashed on deck, shortly after take off, in the Antarctic, during Operation Deep Freeze II.
1957		AW 50 HMCS Labrador as CGS Labrador
1957-jan-19	Aircraft	AGB-4 USS Glacier Ships Flight HO4S-3 138595 of HU-2 Det 69 crashed in Ross Sea
1959-feb-12	Aircraft	AGB-4 USS Glacier Ships Flight HRS-3 144257 of HU-2 Det 69, crashed on the ice after engine failure during a test flight, near to the ship.
1960-nov-21		AGB-4 USS Glacier Departed Boston 13 Oct 1960 for passage to Lyttleton (reached 21 Nov) for her 6th Antarctic mission.
1962		AW 50 HMCS Labrador to Coast Guard as CCGS Labrador, call sign changed to CGGM
1965	Commissioned	WAGB-284 USCGC Edisto in USCG
1965-feb	Commissioned	WAGB-278 USCGC Staten Island
1966	Commissioned	WAGB-280 USCGC Southwind to USCG
1966	Commissioned	WAGB-283 USCGC Burton Island in USCG
1966		WAGB-281 USCGC Westwind Operation SUNEC
1966-jun-30	Fate: transfered	AGB-4 USS Glacier to US Coast Guard
1966-jul	Homeport	WAGB-4 USCGC Glacier Relocated to Long Beach, CA
1966-jul-1	Commissioned	WAGB-4 USCGC Glacier ex US Navy USS Glacier
1972	Fate: scrapped	WAGB-279 USCGC Eastwind
1974	Decommissioned	WAGB-280 USCGC Southwind
1974	Decommissioned	WAGB-284 USCGC Edisto
1974-nov	Decommissioned	WAGB-278 USCGC Staten Island
1978	Decommissioned	WAGB-283 USCGC Burton Island
1987	Decommissioned	AW 50 HMCS Labrador
1987-jul-7	Decommissioned	WAGB-4 USCGC Glacier at Portland, OR
1987-jul-8		WAGB-4 USCGC Glacier towed to Bremerton, to be stripped out and laid up
1988	Fate: scrapped	AW 50 HMCS Labrador Sold for scrap.
1988-feb-28	Decommissioned	WAGB-281 USCGC Westwind
1989-jan-20	Decommissioned	WAGB-282 USCGC Northwind
1999	Fate: scrapped	WAGB-282 USCGC Northwind
2012-feb-12	Fate: scrapped	WAGB-4 USCGC Glacier sold for scrapping; reached Brownsville, TX on 19 Jun 2012

Sikorsky HH-52A Sea Guard

Royal Canadian Navy (1945-1968)