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Designation | Name | Classification | Hull Num | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Storis | WAG/WAGB/WAGL/WMEC | 38 | 1942 - 2007 | Built as a supply cutter for the Greenland patrol Basically a stretched 180' buoy tender with an Duck on the fantail Stationed in Boston after the war 1 July 1957 Set out with CGCs Spar and Bramble to find a deep water channel through the Arctic Ocean This transit ended the 450 year search for the Northwest Passage Returned to Greenland via the passage and then transited to Alaska via the Panama Canal becoming the first cutter to circumnavigate the North American Continent Performed ice breaking duty until 1972 Converted to Medium Endurance Cutter Decommissioned in 2007 Known as the Galloping Coast of the Alaskan Coast Queen of the Fleet 1991 to 2007 |
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Designation | Name | Classification | Hull Num | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Mackinaw | WAGB | 83 | 1944 - 2006 | Designed specifically to operate in the Great Lakes Basically a Wind Class breaker lengthened, widened and deepend |
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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 | Classification | Hull Num | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Healy | WAGB | 20 | 2000 - Active | Named for Mike "Hell Roarin" Healy Famous longtime skipper of the famous Bear |
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Designation | Name | Classification | Hull Num | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Mackinaw | WLBB | 30 | 2005 - Active | Replacement for the original Mac on the Lakes Combines the ATON design of a buoy tender with the hull of a heavy icebreaker Powered by 2 azipods and sporting 2 bow thrusters Extremely maneuverable design |
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