USCGC Edisto (WAGB-284)

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USCGC Edisto underway. Note the red, telescoping hangar for her helicopter.
Career
Builder: Flag of United States United States (Western Pipe and Steel Company in San Pedro, California)
Laid down: 1946
Launched: May 29, 1946
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General Characteristics
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USCGC Edisto. Note retracted hangar.
USCGC Edisto. Note retracted hangar.
USCGC Edisto. Note the hangar is retracted while a helicopter is rests on the hangar deck.
USCGC Edisto. Note the hangar is retracted while a helicopter is rests on the hangar deck.

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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[edit] References

This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

  1. ^  AG-89 / AGB-2 / WAGB-284 Edisto, NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive


Wind-class icebreaker
Staten Island | Eastwind | Southwind | Westwind | Northwind | Burton Island | Edisto | Labrador
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