USCGC Southwind
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USCGC Southwind (WAGB-280) was a Wind-class icebreaker that served in the United States Coast Guard as USCGC Southwind (WAG-280), the Soviet Navy as the Admiral Makarov, the United States Navy as USS Atka (AGB-3) and again in the U.S. Coast Guard as USCGC Southwind (WAGB-280).
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AGB-3; Admiral Makarov; USCGC Southwind (WAGB-280); USS Atka; USS Atka (AGB-3); WAGB-280
5"/38 caliber gun, M2 Browning, Oerlikon 20 mm cannon, hedgehog, Bofors 40 mm, depth charge,
Western Pipe and Steel Company, United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, Soviet Navy,
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Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
1945-03-23T00:00:00Z
1945-03-23T00:00:00Z
ship decommissioning
1966-10-31T00:00:00Z
1966-10-31T00:00:00Z
ship decommissioning
1974-05-31T00:00:00Z
1974-05-31T00:00:00Z
ship decommissioning
1943-03-08T00:00:00Z
1943-03-08T00:00:00Z
ship launching
1944-07-15T00:00:00Z
1944-07-15T00:00:00Z
ship commissioning
1950-04-13T00:00:00Z
1950-04-13T00:00:00Z
ship commissioning
1966-10-31T00:00:00Z
1966-10-31T00:00:00Z
ship commissioning
1945-03-25T00:00:00Z
1945-03-25T00:00:00Z
name change
1966-10-31T00:00:00Z
1966-10-31T00:00:00Z
name change
1966-10-31T00:00:00Z
1966-10-31T00:00:00Z
ship recommissioning
1942-07-20T00:00:00Z
1942-07-20T00:00:00Z
keel laying
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- The Voyage of the Atka / Paul A. Humphrey. - (09.1955) - Article from 'Scientific American', published in September 1955, Q1860
| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| commons | image | USCGC Southwind at anchor | Commons | ||
| commons | image | USCGC Southwind underway through ice | Commons | ||
| commons | image | USCGC Southwind ca. 1944 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | USCGC Southwind during commissioning ceremony | Commons | ||
| commons | image | USS Edisto and USS Atka in Goose Bay, Labrador | Commons | ||
| commons | image | USCGC Southwind transiting Panama Canal | Commons | ||
| commons | image | USCGC Southwind entering Arthur Harbor, Antarctica | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Coast Guard icebreakers Glacier, Burton Island, and Southwind in 1969 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | USCGC Southwind near USCG Base Berkley | Commons | ||








