USCGC Edisto (WAGB-284)

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USCGC Edisto underway.  Note the red, telescoping hangar for her helicopter.
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USCGC Edisto underway. Note the red, telescoping hangar for her helicopter.

The USS Edisto (AGB-2) was a Wind class icebreaker in the service of the United States Navy which was later transferred to the United States Coast Guard as USCGC Edisto (WAGB-284).[1] She was sister ship to USCGC Eastwind (WAGB-279) and USCGC Northwind (WAG-282) and the CCGS Labrador..

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USCGC Edisto.  Note retracted hangar.
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USCGC Edisto. Note retracted hangar.
USCGC Edisto.  Note the hangar is retracted while a helicopter is rests on the hangar deck.
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USCGC Edisto. Note the hangar is retracted while a helicopter is rests on the hangar deck.
  1.   AG-89 / AGB-2 / WAGB-284 Edisto, NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive