About: USCGC Northwind (WAGB-282)

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USCGC Northwind (WAG/WAGB-282) was a Wind-class icebreaker, the second United States Coast Guard Cutter of her class to bear the name. She was built to replace USCGC Staten Island which was in Soviet lend-lease service. During her career, Northwind conducted extensive oceanography, hydrography and cartography studies, as well as icebreaking, during Operation Nanook and Operation Highjump. Northwind was the last Wind-class icebreaker when she was decommissioned in Wilmington, North Carolina on 20 January 1989 after 44 years of service.

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  • USCGC Northwind (WAG/WAGB-282) was a Wind-class icebreaker, the second United States Coast Guard Cutter of her class to bear the name. She was built to replace USCGC Staten Island which was in Soviet lend-lease service. During her career, Northwind conducted extensive oceanography, hydrography and cartography studies, as well as icebreaking, during Operation Nanook and Operation Highjump. Northwind was the last Wind-class icebreaker when she was decommissioned in Wilmington, North Carolina on 20 January 1989 after 44 years of service. (en)
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  • 1945-02-25 (xsd:date)
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  • Scrappedin 1999
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  • National Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg (en)
  • Antarctica Service Medal ribbon.svg (en)
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  • One fixed wing amphibious aircraft or two helicopters. (en)
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  • Flight deck with retractable hangar. Two booms for lifting aircraft. (en)
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  • * 4 × /38 cal deck guns * 12 × 40 mm/60 cal anti-aircraft guns * 6 × 20 mm/80 cal anti-aircraft guns * 2 × depth charge racks * 6 × K-gun projectors * 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar * 1 × M2 Browning machine gun * 1 × M60 Machine guns (en)
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  • "The Grand Old Lady of the North" (en)
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  • Callsign: NRFJ (en)
  • Northwind sometimes carried one M29C Weasel. (en)
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  • *Diesel-electric: *6 × Fairbanks-Morse model 8-1/8OP, 10-cylinder opposed piston engines at , each driving a Westinghouse DC electric generator. *4 × Enterprise / deLaval engines. (en)
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  • * Radar: SA-2, SL-1 * Fire Control Radar: MK-26 * Sonar: QCJ-8 (en)
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  • Mrs. Mabelle C Dempwolf (en)
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  • USCGC Northwind (WAG/WAGB-282) was a Wind-class icebreaker, the second United States Coast Guard Cutter of her class to bear the name. She was built to replace USCGC Staten Island which was in Soviet lend-lease service. During her career, Northwind conducted extensive oceanography, hydrography and cartography studies, as well as icebreaking, during Operation Nanook and Operation Highjump. Northwind was the last Wind-class icebreaker when she was decommissioned in Wilmington, North Carolina on 20 January 1989 after 44 years of service. (en)
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