USCGC Glacier WAGB-4

Wind class - AW - Icebreakers

Events

History of USS Glacier AGB-4

1953-aug-03	Laid down	Laid down Yard No 580.
1954-aug-27	Launched	Launched
1955-may-27	Commissioned	Commissioned
1957-jan-19	Aircraft	Aircraft Accident Ships Flight HO4S-3 138595 of HU-2 Det 69 crashed in Ross Sea
1959-feb-12	Aircraft	Aircraft Accident 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		Lyttleton Harbour Departed Boston 13 Oct 1960 for passage to Lyttleton (reached 21 Nov) for her 6th Antarctic mission.
1966-jun-30	Fate: transfered	Fate: transfered to US Coast Guard
History of USCGC Glacier WAGB-4
1966-jul	Homeport	Homeport NS Long Beach Relocated to Long Beach, CA
1966-jul-01	Commissioned	Commissioned ex US Navy USS Glacier
1987-jul-07	Decommissioned	Decommissioned at Portland, OR
1987-jul-08		NS Kitsap Laid up towed to Bremerton, to be stripped out and laid up
2012-feb-12	Fate: scrapped	Fate: scrapped Brownsville Scrapped sold for scrapping; reached Brownsville, TX on 19 Jun 2012

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