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USCGC Westwind (WAGB-281)
ex
 USS Westwind (AGB-6) (1952)
 USCGC Westwind (WAG-281) (1944 - 1945)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Lima - Kilo - Lima
 NLKL
Burton Island Class Icebreaker:
  • Laid down, 24 August 1942, at Western Pipe and Steel Co., San Pedro, CA.
  • Launched, 31 March 1942
  • Commissioned USCGC Westwind (WAG-281), 18 September 1944, CAPT. Stephen Swicegood, USCG, in command
  • Decommissioned, 21 February 1945, and transferred to the USSR, renamed Severni Pulius
  • Returned to US Naval custody, 19 December 1951, at Bremerhaven, Germany
  • Commissioned USS Westwind (AGB-6), 1 February 1952, at Bremerhaven, Germany
  • Decommissioned, 13 March 1952, at Boston Navy Yard
  • Transferred to the United States Coast Guard, 19 March 1953
  • Struck from the Navy list, 8 September 1952
  • Commissioned USCGC Westwind (WAGB-281), 22 September 1952, CDR. Errol H. Seegers, USCG, in command
  • Decommissioned, 29 February 1988
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement
    As Built - 3,575 t.(lt) 6,515 t.(fl), 5,425 t.(lim)
    Coast Guard 1967 - 3,052 t.(lt) 6,481 t.(fl)
    Length 269'
    Beam 63' 6"
    Draft 25' 9"
    Speed
    Trial Speed 16 Kts.
    Max Sustained 13.4 Kts, 30,929-mi radius (1967)
    Economic 11.6 Kts, 32,485-mi radius (1967)
    Complement
    Navy
    Officers - 21
    Enlisted - 332
    Coast Guard 204
    Armament
    Navy
    two twin 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mounts
    three quad 40mm AA gun mounts
    two depth charge tracks
    Coast Guard - none
    Aircraft two helicopters
    Fuel Capacities
    Diesel - 10,185 Bbls
    Gasoline - 7,200 Gals
    Propulsion
    six Fairbanks Morse 10-cylinder diesels driving six Westinghouse DC generators
    two 200Kw 240V D.C. diesel-drive Ship's Service Generators
    three propellers, two aft, 13,000shp, one forward
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    USS Westwind (AGB-6)
    Westwind 45k USS Westwind (AGB-6) underway with heavy wartime gun armament and a Grumman J2F utility amphibian biplane on her deck amidships.
    US Navy photo from DANFS    		 Robert Hurst
    USCGC Westwind (WAGB-281)
    Westwind 36k USCGC Westwind (WAGB-281) approaching USCG LORAN Station Cape Atholl, Greenland in 1964.
    USCG photo    		 Robert Hurst
    Commanding Officers
    01CAPT. Swicegood, StephenUSCG18 September 1944 - 21 February 1945USCGC Westwind (WAG-281) - To USSR
    03CDR. Seegers, Errol H.USCG22 September 1952 - 1952USCGC Westwind (WAGB-281)
    04CDR. Mullin, John C.USCG1952 - 1953USCGC Westwind (WAGB-281)
    05CAPT. Curry, Ralph R.USCG1953 - ?USCGC Westwind (WAGB-281)
    06CAPT. Goettel, Frederick A.USCG? - 8 June 1967USCGC Westwind (WAGB-281)
    09CAPT. Thuma, Jack StewartUSCG8 June 1967 - ?USCGC Westwind (WAGB-281)
    12CAPT. Super, A. D.USCG1977 - ?USCGC Westwind (WAGB-281)
    21CAPT. Honke, JamesUSCG1984 - ?USCGC Westwind (WAGB-281)
    23CAPT. Carey, David K.USCG1987 - ?USCGC Westwind (WAGB-281)
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    USS Westwind (AGB-6)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    US Coast Guard Historian's Office - Westwind, 1944 WAG/ WAGB-281 ex-Severni Pulius; ex-Westwind
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