USCGC Southwind
USCGC Southwind in December 1970 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | USCGC Southwind |
| Builder | Western Pipe and Steel Company |
| Cost | $9,880,037.00 |
| Yard number | CG-98 |
| Laid down | 20 July 1942 |
| Launched | 8 March 1943 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Ona Jones |
| Commissioned | 15 July 1944 (USCG) |
| Decommissioned | 23 March 1945 (USCG) |
| Identification | WAG-280 |
| Fate | transferred to USSR on 25 March 1945 |
| Soviet Union | |
| Name | Admiral Makarov |
| Namesake | Stepan Makarov |
| Acquired | 25 March 1945 |
| Fate | Returned to the United States, on 28 December 1949 |
| United States | |
| Name | USS Atka |
| Namesake | Atka Island |
| Acquired | 28 December 1949 |
| Commissioned | 13 April 1950 |
| Decommissioned | 31 October 1966 |
| Identification | AGB-3 |
| Fate | Transferred back to USCG, 31 October 1966 |
| Stricken | 1 November 1966 |
| United States | |
| Name | USCGC Southwind |
| Acquired | 31 October 1966 |
| Recommissioned | 31 October 1966 |
| Decommissioned | 31 May 1974 |
| Identification |
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| Nickname(s) | The Polar Prowler |
| Fate | Sold for scrap on 17 March 1976 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Wind-class icebreaker |
| Displacement | 6,515 tons (1945) |
| Length | 269 ft (82 m) oa |
| Beam | 63 ft 6 in (19.35 m) mb |
| Draft | 25 ft 9 in (7.85 m) max |
| Installed power |
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| 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 |
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| Range | 32,485 nmi (60,162 km) |
| Complement | 12 officers, 2 warrants, 205 men (1967) |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 Grumman J2F seaplane or 2 helicopters |
| Aviation facilities | Retractable hangar |
USCGC Southwind (WAGB-280) was a Wind-class icebreaker that served in the United States Coast Guard as USCGC Southwind (WAG-280), the Soviet Navy as the Admiral Makarov, the United States Navy as USS Atka (AGB-3) and again in the U.S. Coast Guard as USCGC Southwind (WAGB-280).