Designation | Name | Classification | Hull Num | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Eastwind | WAG/WAGB | 279 | 1944 - 1968 | Captured German trawler Externstein in 1944 Only German surface ship captured in WWII First of the Winds to be decommissioned |
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USCGC | Southwind (ex USS Atka) | AGB/WAGB | 3/280 | 1944 - 1945 1966 - 1974 |
Commissioned as USCGC Southwind Assisted in capture of Externstein To Russia 1945 - 1949 Tranferred from Russia to the Navy in 1949 Renamed USS Atka Returned to the Coast Guard in 1966 Renamed USCGC Southwind |
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USCGC | Westwind | WAG/WAGB | 281 | 1944 - 1945 1951 - 1988 |
To Russia 1945 - 1951 | CGH |
USCGC | Northwind | WAG/WAGB | 282 | 1945 - 1989 | The orignal Northwind (WAGB 278) was transferred to Russia prior to completion Another Wind Class breaker was ordered and named Northwind She was the last of the Winds to be decommissioned |
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USCGC | Edisto (ex USS Edisto) | AG/AGB/WAGB | 89/2/284 | 1965 - 1974 | Acquired from the Navy | CGH |
USCGC | Staten Island (ex USS Northwind) | WAG/WAGB | 278 | 1965 - 1974 | The first Wind Class breaker to be laid down To be built as USCGC Northwind (WAGB 278) Transferred to Russia prior to commissioning Transferred from Russia to the Navy in 1951 Renamed USS Northwind Returned to the Coast Guard in 1965 Renamed USCGC Staten Island |
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USCGC | Burton Island (ex USS Burton Island) | AG/AGB/WAGB | 88/1/283 | 1966 - 1978 | Acquired from the Navy | CGH |
Designation | Name | Classification | Hull Num | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Glacier | AGB/WAGB | 4 | 1966 - 1987 | Acquired from the Navy Transferred to Glacier Society for preservation Possible use as hospital ship |
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Designation | Name | Classification | Hull Num | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Polar Star | WAGB | 10 | 1976 - Active | CGH | |
USCGC | Polas Sea | WAGB | 11 | 1976 - Active | CGH |
Designation | Name | Class | Classification | Hull Num | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Cuyahoga | 125 Buck-and-a-Quarters | WPC/WMEC | 157 | 1927 - 1978 | Typical operations until 1957 1957 to 1959 - Training cutter in New London 1959 - Transferred to Yorktown as OCS training cutter 20 October 1978: Lost in a collision with Santa Cruz II |
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USCGC | Curlew | Schooner 65 | CG | 65016 | 1940 - 1960 |
Donated to the Coast Guard on 31 Jan 1940 Used as an Academy training ship 1951: transferred to TRACEN Cape May Used in boot camp training |
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USCGC | Eagle (ex SNS Horst Wessel) | 295 Barque | WIX | 327 | 1946 - Active | Built in 1936 and named Horst Wessel a stormtrooper who wrote the Nazi party anthem and died fighting German Communists in 1930 Traing ship in the German Navy Siezed as a war prize in 1946 Commissioned into the Coast Guard as the Academy training cutter Only sailing vessel in commissioned US service America's Tall Ship |
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USCGC | Lamar | 184 USS PCE | WTR | 899 | 1964 - 1969 | Commissioned in the Navy as 1945 Training ship from 1950 to 1964 Turned over to the Coast Guard in 1964 Used for Reserve training in Monterey |
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USCGC | Tanager (ex USS Tanager) | 221 Auk Class Minesweeper | AM/MSF/WTR | 385/385/885 | 1964 - 1972 | Commissioned into the Navy in 1945 Performed mine sweeping operations until 1963 Transferred to the Coast Guard in 1963 Used for Reserve training at Yorktown |
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Designation | Name | Classification | Hul Num | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Unalga (ex USS Tipton) |
MC/AKA/WAK | 2169/215/185 | 1945 - 1950 | Used for LORAN construction | |
USCGC | Kukui (ex USS Colquit) |
AK/WAK | 174/186 | 1946 - 1972 | Used for LORAN support - To the Philippines |
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Designation | Name | Classification | Hul Num | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Yamacraw (ex General Arthur Murray) (ex USS Trapper) |
ACM/WARC | 9/333 | 1946 - 1959 | Acquired from the Army as a cable layer | NS |
Designation | Name | Classification | Hul Num | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Trillium (ex FS-397) | WAK | 170 | 1946 - 1950 | Used for LORAN construction | |
USCGC | Spruce (ex FS-422) | WAK | 246 | 1946 - 1950 | Used for LORAN construction | |
USCGC | Nettle (ex FS-396) | WAK | 169 | 1947 - 1968 | Used for LORAN construction | CGP |
Designation | Name | Classification | Hul Num | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Lieutenant Samuel S. Coursen | 1966 - 1997 | ||||
USCGC | Major General | 1966 - 1970 | ||||
USCGC | Pvt. Nicholas Minue | 1966 - 1997 | ||||
USCGC | The Tides | 1966 - 1997 | ||||
USCGC | Governor | 1982 - 1997 |
Designation | Name | Classification | Hul Num | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Joseph Henry (aka CGC Neverbuilt) |
WHEO | 701 | Proposed in 1971 Never funded - victim of NOAA |
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