Wind-class icebreaker

The Wind-class icebreakers were a line of diesel electric-powered icebreakers in service with the United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Coast Guard and Soviet Navy from 1944 through the late 1970s. They were very effective ships: all except Eastwind served at least thirty years, and Northwind served in the USCG continuously for forty-four years. Considered the most technologically advanced icebreakers in the world when first built, the Wind-class icebreakers were also heavily armed; the first operator of the class was the United States Coast Guard, which used the vessels for much-needed coastal patrol off Greenland during World War II. Three of the vessels of the class, Westwind, Southwind, and the first Northwind all went on to serve temporarily for the Soviet Union under the Lend-Lease program, while two others were built for the United States Navy and another was built for the Royal Canadian Navy; all eight vessels were eventually transferred to the United States Coast Guard and the Canadian Coast Guard.

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  USCGC Eastwind ⓘ
  1944 Wind-class icebreaker

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  USCGC Edisto ⓘ
  1946 Wind-class icebreaker

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  USCGC Northwind ⓘ
  1945 Wind-class icebreaker

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  USCGC Southwind ⓘ
  1943 Wind-class icebreaker

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  USCGC Staten Island ⓘ
  1942 Wind-class icebreaker

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  USCGC Westwind ⓘ
  1943 Wind-class icebreaker

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  CCGS Labrador ⓘ
  1951 Wind-class icebreaker

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1953 CCGS Labrador

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Diagram of Wind-class icebreaker in 1956

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
object	watercraft		USCGC Eastwind	Wind-class icebreaker, icebreaker	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USCGC Edisto	Wind-class icebreaker, icebreaker	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USCGC Northwind	icebreaker, Wind-class icebreaker	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USCGC Southwind	Wind-class icebreaker, icebreaker	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USCGC Staten Island	Wind-class icebreaker, icebreaker	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USCGC Westwind	icebreaker, Wind-class icebreaker	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1953	CCGS Labrador	Wind-class icebreaker, icebreaker	Wikidata
commons	image		Diagram of Wind-class icebreaker in 1956		Commons