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Edisto - Edisto Island is one of South Carolina's Sea Islands, the larger part of which lies in Charleston County, with its southern tip in Colleton County. The town of Edisto Beach is
in Colleton County, while the Charleston County part of the island is unincorporated.
The island, the town, and the Edisto River are named after the historic Edistow people, a Native American sub-tribe of the Cusabo Indians, who inhabited the island as well as nearby
mainland areas. (Wikipedia)
Photo - Edisto Beach State Park, Edisto Island Serpentarium, Edisto Island Museum (Tripadvisor)
Map - Edisto Beach (Google Maps) |
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USS Edisto (AG-89) underway off Point Vincente near San Pedro, CA., 13 March 1947. Although designed to carry
two 5"/38 twin mounts, she and her sister were completed after World War II with one single 5"/38 mount forward and a helicopter deck aft.
US Navy photo # USN 371216 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command, courtesy Shipscribe.com. |
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USS Edisto (AG-89) moored pierside at NAS Quonset Point, R.I., 30 June 1947.
U.S. Navy photo |
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USS Edisto (AGB-2)
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USS Edisto (AGB-2) in the ice, date and location unknown.
US Navy photo. |
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USS Edisto (AGB-2) underway, 22 January 1953, location unknown.
US Navy photo # USN 477319, courtesy Shipscribe.com. |
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Family and friends wish USS Edisto (AGB-2) farewell as she departs Boston Naval Shipyard, 30 October 1955 for a six month Operation Deepfreeze Antarctic deployment.
United Press Telephoto. |
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USS Edisto (AGB-2) coming alongside USS Lindenwald (LSD-6) in the Arctic during "Operation Dewline," in 1955. |
Walter Kuecks EN3 USS Edisto |
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USS Edisto (AGB-2) steaming Through Roaring Fifties. Painting, Watercolor on Board; by Robert Charles Haun; 1956
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Accession #: 88-192-C |
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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 |
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USS Edisto (AGB-2) underway, date and location unknown. |
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USS Edisto (AGB-2) clears a path through the ice-covered Antarctic waters, 5 April 1959 for the Coast Guard icebreaker USCGC Northwind (WAGB-282) (center) and the British Scientific Research Ship RRS John Biscoe II. The Edisto and Northwind were sent to free John Biscoe which became trapped while carrying supplies and rotation personnel to the British scientific research bases in the Antarctic. At one point the Northwind also became trapped in the ice.
US Navy photo. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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USS Edisto (AGB-2) stationary in the ice in November 1964 while enroute to Greenland. With no leads the commanding Officer, CAPT.
Nickerson, let the crew have a special day on the ice playing volleyball.
US Navy photo by PH1 Warren Samuel |
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USS Edisto (AGB-2) in January or February 1965 while supporting the construction of Palmer Station on Anvers Island off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula during Operation Deep Freeze. During the 1950s a large air search radar was mounted on the former fire control platform over the bridge and her other electronic systems redistributed.
US Navy photo # KN-1872 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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Personal of the ice island Arlis II take part in a striking the flag ceremony shortly before being evacuated by USS Edisto (AGB-2) in May 1965. Arlis II was being used as a base for scientific observations but the Navy decided to evacuate it when the East Greenland Current began to carry the island and the surrounding floes rapidly south.
AP Wirephoto dated 19 May 1965. |
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USS Edisto (AGB-2) breaks through an ice pack in the Greenland Sea, 1965
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command photo # USN 1111206 |
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USS Edisto (AGB-2) in the ice, date and location unknown.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command photo # unknown |
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USS Edisto (AGB-2) underway, date and location unknown
US Navy photo from Veramar Arts canvas prints. |
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USCGC Edisto (WAGB-284) underway during Operation Deep Freeze '69/70 while iced over in calm waters in the Ross Sea, circa December 1969 to February 1970 |
Gary French AT3 USCG USCGC Edisto |
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USCGC Burton Island (WAGB-283), foreground, and USCGC Edisto (WAGB-284) underway in the ice during Operation Deep Freeze '69/70, circa December 1969 to February 1970 |
Gary French AT3 USCG USCGC Edisto |
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USCGC Burton Island (WAGB-283), foreground, and USCGC Edisto (WAGB-284) underway in the ice during Operation Deep Freeze '69/70, circa December 1969 to February 1970 |
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USCGC Edisto (WAGB-284) in the ice, Goose Bay, Labrador Canada. |
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USCGC Edisto (WAGB-284) in foreground, arriving in the Great Lakes from Boston, heads for her new homeport at Milwaukee, WI., followed by the icebreaker USCGC Mackinaw, 13 December 1971. Edisto is to support Mackinaw, veteran Great Lakes icebreaker, in a program to extend the shipping season in Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway during the winter and during the summer she will resume her polar missions in the Arctic.US Coast Guard Photo No. 12137-P6-0 |
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USCGC Edisto (WAGB-284) moored on the Milwaukee River, WI. circa 1973-74. |
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USCGC Edisto (WAGB-284) underway, date and location unknown. |
US Coast Guard Historian's Office |
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USCGC Edisto (WAGB-284) entering Smith Sound in 1966.
US Coast Guard photo. |
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USCGC Edisto (WAGB-284) underway, 19 June 1967, location unknown. Note the Navy Kaman H-2 Seasprite helicopter on her flight deck.
US Coast Guard photo. |
US Coast Guard Historian's Office |
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USCGC Edisto (WAGB-284) underway, date and location unknown.
US Coast Guard photo. |
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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 |
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USCGC Edisto (WAGB-284) underway, date and location unknown.
US Coast Guard Photo |
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USCGC Edisto (WAGB-284) with USNS Mizar (T-AGOR-11) in Arctic ice, post 1968. Note the hovering HH-52A in arctic operations coloring.
US Coast Guard photo. |
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USCGC Edisto (WAGB-284) underway in the harbor at Wellington, N. Z., 19 January 1970. |
Photograph from the Chris Howell photo collection |
