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USS Edisto (AG-89) / (AGB-2)
USCGC Edisto (WAGB-284)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Lima - Kilo - Yankee
 NLKY
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
National Defense Service Medal - Antarctic Service Medal (5)
Burton Island Class Icebreaker:
  • Laid down (date unknown) at Western Pipe and Steel Co., San Pedro, CA.
  • Launched, 29 May 1946
  • Commissioned USS Edisto (AG-89), 20 March 1947, CDR. E. C. Folger in command
  • Reclassified as Icebreaker (AGB-2), 1 March 1949
  • Decommissioned, struck from the Naval Register and transferred to the US Coast Guard and commissioned USCGC Edisto (WAGB-284), 20 October 1965 at Boston, MA.
  • Decommissioned by the Coast Guard, 15 November 1974 at USCG Yard, Baltimore, MD.
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administration for disposal
  • Final Disposition, transferred to the General Service Administration and sold, 29 September 1977, to Boston Metals Co., Baltimore, MD., resold to Union Minerals Company , Carey, N.J. and dismantled at Baltimore, MD.
    Specifications:
    Displacement
    As Built - 3,575 t.(lt) 6,515 t.(fl)
    Coast Guard 1967 - 3,052 t.(lt) 6,481 t.(fl)
    Length 269'
    Beam 63' 9"
    Draft 25' 9"
    Speed
    Max Sustained 13.4 kts, 30,929-mi radius (1967)
    Economic 11.6 kts, 32,485-mi radius (1967)
    Complement
    Navy 353
    Coast Guard 204
    Armament
    Navy - one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    Coast Guard - none
    Aircraft two helicopters
    Propulsion 6 Fairbanks Morse 10-cylinder diesels driving 6 Westinghouse DC generators which in turn drove 2 electric motors; two propellers, 5,000 SHP each
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    USS Edisto (AGB-2)
    Edisto/Atka 53k USS Edisto (AGB-2) stationary in the ice, date and location unknown.US Navy photo US Coast Guard Historian's Office
    Edisto/Atka 45k USS Edisto (AGB-2) coming alongside USS Lindenwald (LSD-6) in the Arctic during "Operation Dewline," in 1955. Walter Kuecks EN3 USS Edisto
    Edisto/Atka 70k USS Edisto (AGB-2) and USS Atka (AGB-3) moored together at Goose Bay, Labrador, 18 June 1960. Photo by PH1 Class Scott
    US Navy photo # USN 1051798    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Edisto/Atka 443k USS Edisto (AGB-2) underway, date and location unknown. David Buell
    Edisto/Atka 71k USS Edisto (AGB-2) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 Robert Hurst
    Glacier 216k USS Edisto (AGB-2) keeping the sea lanes open off Greenland, circa June-July 1959. Marc Schenck, Photo by his father LTjg. Bernard Schenck USS Glacier
    Glacier 214k USS Edisto (AGB-2) keeping the sea lanes open off Greenland, circa June-July 1959. Marc Schenck, Photo by his father LTjg. Bernard Schenck USS Glacier
    Glacier 245k USS Edisto (AGB-2) keeping the sea lanes open off Greenland, circa June-July 1959. Marc Schenck, Photo by his father LTjg. Bernard Schenck USS Glacier
    Glacier 245k USS Edisto (AGB-2) underway in open waters with the Greenland coast in the background, circa June-July 1959. Marc Schenck, Photo by his father LTjg. Bernard Schenck USS Glacier
    USCGC Edisto (WAGB-284)
    Edisto 108k USCGC Edisto (WAGB-284) in the ice,.Goose Bay, Labrador Canada Carl R Friberg
    Edisto 37k USCGC Edisto (WAGB-284) moored on the Milwaukee River, WI. circa 1973-74. Ken Laesser
    Edisto 71k USCGC Edisto (WAGB-284) underway, date and location unknown. US Coast Guard Historian's Office
    Edisto 35k USCGC Edisto (WAGB-284) entering Smith Sound in 1966.
    US Coast Guard photo.    		 US Coast Guard Historian's Office
    Edisto 52k USCGC Edisto (WAGB-284) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Coast Guard photo.    		 US Coast Guard Historian's Office
    Edisto 76k USCGC Edisto (WAGB-284) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Coast Guard photo.    		 US Coast Guard Historian's Office
    Edisto 57k USCGC Edisto (WAGB-284) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Coast Guard Photo No. 1(G1)-06-15-67 (02); 15 June 1967    		 US Coast Guard Historian's Office
    Edisto 68k USCGC Edisto (WAGB-284) escorting a US Navy Cargo Ship in the Arctic ice, date unknown.
    US Coast Guard photo.    		 US Coast Guard Historian's Office
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Edisto AGB 2
    US Coast Guard Historian's Office - USS/USCGC Edisto, 1965 AG-89/AGB-2/WAGB-284
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