Template:Ship box USCGC Southwind (WAGB-280)

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[edit] USCGC Southwind (WAGB-280)

• Builders:  United States (Western Pipe and Steel Company in San Pedro, California)
• Laid down: 1942
• Launched: March 8, 1943 (List)
• Operator:  United States Navy,  United States Coast Guard,  Soviet Navy
• Commissioned: July 15, 1944 (List)
• Status: Decommissioned and scrapped
• Modifications:
• Operations:

Sent to USSR where it was known as the Kapitan Belusov in 1945 as part of the Lend-Lease program. Returned to  United States Navy in 1950 as the Atka, then transferred in 1966 to  United States Coast Guard where she was known as the Southwind.