USCGC Northwind (WAGB-282)

	USCGC Northwind in Baffin Bay on 10 July 1986.
History
United States
Name	Northwind
Builder	Western Pipe and Steel Company
Yard number	CG-184
Laid down	10 July 1944
Launched	25 February 1945
Sponsored by	Mrs. Mabelle C Dempwolf
Commissioned	28 July 1945
Decommissioned	20 January 1989
Nickname(s)	"The Grand Old Lady of the North"
Fate	Scrapped in 1999
Notes	Callsign: NRFJ
General characteristics
Class & type	Wind-class icebreaker
Displacement	6,515 short tons (5,910 metric tons)
Length	269 ft (82 m)
Beam	63 ft 10 in (19.46 m)
Draft	29 ft 1 in (8.86 m)
Ice class	Heavy (up to 13 ft (4.0 m) ice)
Installed power	Diesel-electric:; 6 × Fairbanks-Morse model 8-1/8OP, 10-cylinder opposed piston engines at 2,000 shp (1,500 kW), each driving a Westinghouse DC electric generator. (1944); 4 × Enterprise / deLaval engines. (1973);
Propulsion	2 × Westinghouse Electric DC electric motors driving the 2 aft propellers, 1 × 3,000 shp (2,200 kW) Westinghouse DC electric motor driving the detachable and seldom used bow propeller.
Speed	13.4 knots (24.8 km/h) top speed
Range	32,485 mi (52,280 km)
Boats & landing; craft carried	4 lifeboats, 1 LCVP, 1 Arctic Survey Boat
Complement	219 officers and men
Sensors &; processing systems	Radar: SA-2, SL-1; Fire Control Radar: MK-26; Sonar: QCJ-8;
Armament	4 × 5 in (127 mm)/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;
Aircraft carried	One fixed wing amphibious aircraft or two helicopters.
Aviation facilities	Flight deck with retractable hangar. Two booms for lifting aircraft.
Notes	Northwind sometimes carried one M29C Weasel.

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.

History
USCGC Northwind in Baffin Bay on 10 July 1986.
United States
Name	Northwind
Builder	Western Pipe and Steel Company
Yard number	CG-184
Laid down	10 July 1944
Launched	25 February 1945
Sponsored by	Mrs. Mabelle C Dempwolf
Commissioned	28 July 1945
Decommissioned	20 January 1989
Nickname(s)	"The Grand Old Lady of the North"
Fate	Scrapped in 1999
Notes	Callsign: NRFJ
General characteristics
Class & type	Wind-class icebreaker
Displacement	6,515 short tons (5,910 metric tons)
Length	269 ft (82 m)
Beam	63 ft 10 in (19.46 m)
Draft	29 ft 1 in (8.86 m)
Ice class	Heavy (up to 13 ft (4.0 m) ice)
Installed power	Diesel-electric: 6 × Fairbanks-Morse model 8-1/8OP, 10-cylinder opposed piston engines at 2,000 shp (1,500 kW), each driving a Westinghouse DC electric generator. (1944) 4 × Enterprise / deLaval engines. (1973)
Propulsion	2 × Westinghouse Electric DC electric motors driving the 2 aft propellers, 1 × 3,000 shp (2,200 kW) Westinghouse DC electric motor driving the detachable and seldom used bow propeller.
Speed	13.4 knots (24.8 km/h) top speed
Range	32,485 mi (52,280 km)
Boats & landing craft carried	4 lifeboats, 1 LCVP, 1 Arctic Survey Boat
Complement	219 officers and men
Sensors & processing systems	Radar: SA-2, SL-1 Fire Control Radar: MK-26 Sonar: QCJ-8
Armament	4 × 5 in (127 mm)/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
Aircraft carried	One fixed wing amphibious aircraft or two helicopters.
Aviation facilities	Flight deck with retractable hangar. Two booms for lifting aircraft.
Notes	Northwind sometimes carried one M29C Weasel.