Wind class icebreaker

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United States
Builders:	Western Pipe and Steel Company, San Pedro, California
Operators:	US Coast Guard, Canadian Coast Guard
Ships in Class
Ships in class:	8
Ships out of service:	USCGC Staten Island USCGC Eastwind USCGC Southwind USCGC Westwind USCGC Northwind USCGC Burton Island USCGC Edisto CCGS Labrador
General Characteristics
Class type:	Icebreaker
Displacement:	approx 6,500 tons full load
Length:	269 ft (82 m)
Beam:	63.8 ft (19.4 m)
Draft:	25.7 ft
Propulsion and power:	six Fairbanks Morse diesel engines at 2000 Bhp each, powering 3 electric propulsion motors (the front propellor was detachable and seldom used)
Speed:	16.8 knots
Complement:	21 officers, 295 enlisted
Aircraft complement:	1 Grumman J2F Duck seaplane
Aircraft facilities:	Retractable hangar on aft deck

The Wind-class icebreakers were a line of diesel electric-powered icebreakers in service with the US Navy, US Coast Guard, Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Coast Guard and Soviet Navy from 1944 through the late 1970's. Considered the most technologically advanced icebreakers in the world when first built, the Wind-class icebreakers were also heavily armed; the first operator of the class was the United States Coast Guard, which used the vessels for much-needed coastal patrol off Greenland during World War II. Some vessels of the class went on to serve for the Soviet Union under the Lend-Lease program, while others went to the United States Navy and the Royal Canadian Navy; all eight vessels were eventually transferred to the United States Coast Guard and the Canadian Coast Guard.

Seven ships of the class were built in the United States, and one modified version (the Labrador) was built in Canada.

Contents 1 Ship Numbers 2 General characteristics 3 Ships in class 3.1 USCGC Staten Island (WAGB-278) 3.2 USCGC Eastwind (WAGB-279) 3.3 USCGC Southwind (WAGB-280) 3.4 USCGC Westwind (WAGB-281) 3.5 USCGC Northwind (WAGB-282) 3.6 USCGC Burton Island (WAGB-283) 3.7 USCGC Edisto (WAGB-284) 3.8 CCGS Labrador 4 Similar Vessels 5 References 6 See also

[edit] Ship Numbers

Ships commissioned under the US Coast Guard were numbered with consecutive hull numbers starting with WAGB-278. The US Navy used two naming systems: AG and AGB. Pennant number AW 50 was assigned to the Labrador by the Royal Canadian Navy.

[edit] General characteristics

(as originally fitted during WWII)

• Builder: Western Pipe and Steel Company
• Power Plant: six Fairbanks Morse diesel engines at 2000 Bhp each, powering 3 electric propulsion motors (the front propellor was detachable and seldom used)
• Length: 269 ft (82 m)
• Beam: 63.8 ft (19.4 m)
• Displacement: approx 6,500 tons full load
• Speed: 16.8 knots ( km/h)
  • Eastwind: knots ( km/h)
  • Westwind: knots ( km/h)
  • Westwind: knots ( km/h)
• Aircraft: 1 Grumman J2F Duck seaplane
• Cost: about US$?? million each
• Average Annual Operating Cost: US$?? million
• Service Life: ?? years
• Crew: 21 officers, 295 enlisted
• Armament: four 5-inch (38 mm) dual purpose guns (2 twin turrets); twelve 40mm AA guns (3 quadruple turrets); six 20mm AA Y-guns; two depth charge racks; one Hedgehog (weapon) launcher
• Aircraft: 1 Grumman J2F Duck seaplane
• Date Deployed:

[edit] Ships in class

[edit] USCGC Staten Island (WAGB-278)

• Builders:  United States (Western Pipe and Steel Company in San Pedro, California)
• Laid down: [date]
• Launched: [date] ([List of ship launches in 19xx|List])
• Operator:  United States Navy
• Commissioned: [date] ([List of ship commissionings in 19xx|List])
• Status: Decommissioned and scrapped
• Operations:

[edit] USCGC Eastwind (WAGB-279)

• Builders:  United States (Western Pipe and Steel Company in San Pedro, California)
• Laid down: [date]
• Launched: [date] ([List of ship launches in 19xx|List])
• Operator:  United States Navy
• Commissioned: [date] ([List of ship commissionings in 19xx|List])
• Status: Decommissioned and scrapped
• Modifications:
• Operations:

[edit] USCGC Southwind (WAGB-280)

• Builders:  United States (Western Pipe and Steel Company in San Pedro, California)
• Laid down: [date]
• Launched: [date] ([List of ship launches in 19xx|List])
• Operator:  United States Navy
• Commissioned: [date] ([List of ship commissionings in 19xx|List])
• Status: Decommissioned and scrapped
• Modifications:
• Operations:

[edit] USCGC Westwind (WAGB-281)

• Builders:  United States (Western Pipe and Steel Company in San Pedro, California)
• Laid down: [date]
• Launched: [date] ([List of ship launches in 19xx|List])
• Operator:  United States Navy
• Commissioned: [date] ([List of ship commissionings in 19xx|List])
• Status: Decommissioned and scrapped
• Modifications:
• Operations:

[edit] USCGC Northwind (WAGB-282)

• Builders:  United States (Western Pipe and Steel Company in San Pedro, California)
• Laid down: [date]
• Launched: [date] ([List of ship launches in 19xx|List])
• Operator:  United States Navy
• Commissioned: [date] ([List of ship commissionings in 19xx|List])
• Status: Decommissioned and scrapped
• Modifications:
• Operations:

[edit] USCGC Burton Island (WAGB-283)

• Builders:  United States (Western Pipe and Steel Company in San Pedro, California)
• Laid down: [date]
• Launched: [date] ([List of ship launches in 19xx|List])
• Operator:  United States Navy
• Commissioned: [date] ([List of ship commissionings in 19xx|List])
• Status: Decommissioned and scrapped
• Modifications:
• Operations:

[edit] Similar Vessels

• USCGC Mackinaw (WAGB-83) - Great Lakes icebreaker based on the Wind-class design

[edit] References

• http://Eastwind1952.com

[edit] See also

Wind-class icebreaker

Staten Island | Eastwind | Southwind | Westwind | Northwind | Burton Island | Edisto | Labrador