For other ships with the same name, see USS Edisto.
USCGC Edisto (WAGB-284) underway
History
United States
Name
USS Edisto
Namesake
Edisto Island, South Carolina
Builder
Western Pipe & Steel (WPS), San Pedro, California, U.S.
Laid down
1946 WPS yard, San Pedro, California, U.S.
Launched
29 May 1946
Sponsored by
Mrs. George B Gelly
Commissioned
20 March 1947
Decommissioned
20 October 1965
Maiden voyage
11 April 1947
Out of service
20 October 1965
Reclassified
AGB-2 on 29 January 1949
Homeport
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Identification
AGB-2
Nickname(s)
"Ready Eddie"
Fate
Transferred to U.S. Coast Guard on 20 October 1965
United States
Name
USCGC Edisto
Namesake
Edisto Island, South Carolina
Acquired
20 October 1965
Commissioned
20 October 1965
Decommissioned
15 November 1974
Refit
1963-1964 at Boston Naval Shipyard
Homeport
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Identification
WAGB-284
Call sign: NLKY
Nickname(s)
"Lucky Eddie"
"Unlucky"
"Ready Eddie"
"Guardian of the Redwood Coast"
"Red Microphone of Death"
Fate
Transferred to US General Services Administration (GSA), sold 29 September 1977 to Boston Metals Company of Baltimore Maryland who sold her to Union Minerals Company of Carey New Jersey in 1980. Broken up at Baltimore Shipyards.
General characteristics
Class and type
Wind-class icebreaker
Tonnage
5,957 (1966)
Displacement
5,957 tons. (1966)
Length
269 ft (82.0 m)
Beam
63 ft 6 in (19.4 m)
Draft
28 ft 4 in (8.6 m) max
Installed power
Diesel-electric:
6 × Fairbanks-Morse model 8-1/8OP, 10-cylinder opposed piston engines at 2,000 shp (1,500 kW), each driving a Westinghouse DC electric generator. (1944)
Propulsion
2 × Westinghouse Electric DC electric motors driving the 2 aft propellers, 1 × 3,000 shp (2,200 kW) Westinghouse DC electric motor driving the detachable and seldom used bow propeller.
On polar operations, the crew includes a group of SCUBA divers, a medical officer, four pilots, twelve aviation ratings, and various scientists and observers, bringing the total force to about 225.
Sensors and processing systems
Radar: SPS-10B; SPS-6C; SPA-4; SPA-8A (1966).
Other: LORAN, radioteletype (RTTY), facsimile, all-mode MF, HF, VHF, and UHF radios, radio direction finder, sonic sounding machine, handy-talkies, radio-telephone, and an amateur radio station.
Armament
1 × 5 in (130 mm)/38 caliber gun
1 × Mk 52 Mod 3 fire control radar
M2 Browning machine guns
M60 machine guns
Aircraft carried
2 helicopters
Aviation facilities
Helicopter flight deck with retractable hangar.
Notes
Equipped with laboratories and facilities for conducting oceanographic studies, hydrographic surveys, and high altitude meteorological observations by radiosonde.
USS Edisto (AGB-2) was a Wind-class icebreaker in the service of the United States Navy and was later transferred to the United States Coast Guard as USCGC Edisto (WAGB-284). She was named after Edisto Island, South Carolina. The island is named after the Native American Edisto Band who inhabited the island and the surrounding area. As of 2011 there is a namesake cutter USCGC Edisto (WPB-1313). The newer Edisto is a 110-foot Island-class patrol boat and is stationed in San Diego County, California.[1]
^U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office. USCGC Edisto (WPB-1313), San Diego, California. http://www.uscg.mil/d11/cgcEdisto/default.asp Archived 2014-09-03 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved: 29 August 2014
Coast Guard as USCGCEdisto (WAGB-284). She was named after Edisto Island, South Carolina. The island is named after the Native American Edisto Band who inhabited...
transferred to the United States Coast Guard as USCGCEdisto (WAGB-284) and decommissioned in 1974 USCGCEdisto (WPB-1313) is an Island-class patrol boat currently...
Staten Island participated in Task Force 43, along with USCGCEdisto, USCGC Glacier and USCGC Westwind, for which she was awarded the Navy Meritorious...
up in 1982) USCGCEdisto (WAGB-284) (1947–1974; broken up in 1980) USCGC Glacier (WAGB-4) (1955–1987; broken up in 2012) Polar class USCGC Polar Star (WAGB-10)...
participated in Operation Deep Freeze 1970 and her accompanying icebreaker USCGCEdisto (WAGB-284) was disabled. From November 1970 to April 1971 she participated...
Commander Lawrence O. Bates, U.S. Coast Guard, Executive Officer on USCGCEdisto during U.S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze, 1969. "Bates Peak". Geographic...
Navy-Coast Guard task force consisting of the Wind-class icebreakers USCGCEdisto and USCGC Eastwind, as well as the Andromeda-class attack cargo ship USS Wyandot...
Named by US-ACAN for Captain Henry E. Steel, USCG, Commanding Officer of USCGCEdisto during Operation Deep Freeze, 1969 and 1970, and Commander of the Antarctic...
along with her icebreaker escort USCGCEdisto which also suffered from mechanical problems. Both were freed by USCGC Southwind after some days. One of...
animals such as penguins and leopard seals. He traveled on board the USCGCEdisto. Davis retired from the zoo in 1960, but remained as a consultant to...
Parry would later accompany another trip to the strait. In 1948, USS Edisto and USCGC Eastwind icebreakers succeeded in crossing the strait from east to...
(and the continental United States) was 10.28 in (261 mm) as measured in Edisto Island. Totals between 4–6 in (100–150 mm) were commonplace along the coast...
sailed for the Canadian Arctic in company with the Navy's newest icebreaker, Edisto, to participate in the successor to Operation "Nanook." The basic missions...
(AG-87), target ship, ex-DD-220 USS Burton Island (AG-88), later AGB-1 USS Edisto (AG-89), later AGB-2 USS Atka (AG-90), later AGB-3 USS Dahlgren (AG-91)...
and got his uniform drenched in penguin guano for his trouble. The USS Edisto (a "Wind-class" ice breaker) appeared late on the 26th and together with...