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USS Staten Island (AGB-5)
USS Northwind (AGB-5)
USCGC Staten Island (WAGB-278)

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Sierra - Xray - November
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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
National Defense Service Medal - Antarctic Service Medal
Burton Island Class Icebreaker:
  • Laid down, 9 June 1942, at Western Pipe and Steel Co., San Pedro, CA.
  • Launched, 28 December 1942
  • Commissioned USCGC Staten Island (WAGB-278), 26 February 1944, and immediately delivered to the USSR under the Lend-Lease program, renamed Severny Veter (Northwind)
  • Returned to US Naval custody, 19 December 1951, at Bremerhaven, Germany
  • Commissioned USS Northwind (AGB-5), 31 January 1952
  • Renamed USS Staten Island (AGB-5), 25 February 1952
  • Decommissioned, 1 February 1966
  • Turned over to the US Coast Guard and commissioned USCGC Staten Island (WAGB-278), 1 February 1966
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 March 1966
  • Decommissioned by the Coast Guard, 15 November 1974
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 6,481 t.(fl) 3,052 t.(lt)
    Length 269'
    Beam 63' 10"(max)
    Draft 25' 9"
    Speed 16 kts.
    Complement 353
    Armament one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount forward
    Propulsion two electric motors driven by six Westinghouse DC generators, driven by six Fairbanks-Morse, 10-cyl 2-cycle diesel engines, twin shafts, 10,000shp
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    Severny Veter
    Severny Veter 53k ex USCG Staten Island (WAGB-278) in Soviet service as Severny Veter, date and place unknown. Lawrence W. Lee Jr.
    Severny Veter 92k ex USCG Staten Island (WAGB-278) in Soviet service as Severny Veter, date and place unknown. Lawrence W. Lee Jr.
    USS Staten Island (AGB-5)
    Staten Island 1178k Staten Island (AGB-5) underway in pack ice. date and location unknown. Note the large ice field in the far distance and the ship in the background following Staten Island. David Buell
    Staten Island 50k Staten Island (AGB-5) underway east of Cross Island, Alaska during "Operation: Dewline," 19 August 1955.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-685913, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Lawrence W. Lee Jr.
    Staten Island 39k Staten Island (AGB-5) underway, date and place unknown Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
    Staten Island 133k Staten Island (AGB-5) anchored (dead man anchor) in the Antarctic ice pack, 1961. Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
    USCGC Staten Island (WAGB-278)
    Staten Island 16k Staten Island (WAGB-278) in the Arctic ice pack, date unknown. Ken Laesser
    Staten Island 60k Staten Island (WAGB-278) at anchor, date and place unknown.
    USCG photo    		 Lawrence W. Lee Jr.
    Staten Island 68k Staten Island (WAGB-278) underway breaking ice, date and place unknown.
    USCG photo    		 Lawrence W. Lee Jr.
    Staten Island 88k Staten Island (WAGB-278) re-supplying Hallett Station, Antarctica during Operation Deep Freeze 1966-67.
    Marine Photos and Publishing Co. photo    		 Lawrence W. Lee Jr.
    Staten Island 67k Staten Island (WAGB-278) underway breaking ice, date and place unknown.
    US Coast Guard photo    		 Lawrence W. Lee Jr.
    Staten Island 46k Staten Island (WAGB-278) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Coast Guard photo    		 Lawrence W. Lee Jr.
    Staten Island 95k Staten Island (WAGB-278) underway departing San Diego Bay, circa 1972-74.
    Marine Photos and Publishing Co. photo    		 Lawrence W. Lee Jr.
    View the Staten Island (AGB-5)
    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
    U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office - Staten Island
    USS Staten Island (AGB-5) - USCGC Staten Island (WAGB-278)
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