USCGC Southwind

USCGC Southwind in December 1970
History
United States
Name	USCGC Southwind
Builder	Western Pipe and Steel Company
Cost	$9,880,037.00
Yard number	CG-98
Laid down	20 July 1942
Launched	8 March 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. Ona Jones
Commissioned	15 July 1944 (USCG)
Decommissioned	23 March 1945 (USCG)
Identification	WAG-280
Fate	transferred to USSR on 25 March 1945
Soviet Union
Name	Admiral Makarov
Namesake	Stepan Makarov
Acquired	25 March 1945
Fate	Returned to the United States, on 28 December 1949
United States
Name	USS Atka
Namesake	Atka Island
Acquired	28 December 1949
Commissioned	13 April 1950
Decommissioned	31 October 1966
Identification	AGB-3
Fate	Transferred back to USCG, 31 October 1966
Stricken	1 November 1966
United States
Name	USCGC Southwind
Acquired	31 October 1966
Recommissioned	31 October 1966
Decommissioned	31 May 1974
Identification	WAGB-280 Call sign: NMBT
Nickname(s)	The Polar Prowler
Fate	Sold for scrap on 17 March 1976
General characteristics
Class and type	Wind-class icebreaker
Displacement	6,515 tons (1945)
Length	269 ft (82 m) oa
Beam	63 ft 6 in (19.35 m) mb
Draft	25 ft 9 in (7.85 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.
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.
Speed	Top speed: 13.4 kn (24.8 km/h) (1967) Economic speed: 11.6 kn (21.5 km/h)
Range	32,485 nmi (60,162 km)
Complement	12 officers, 2 warrants, 205 men (1967)
Sensors and processing systems	Radar: SPS-10B; SPS-53A; SPS-6C (1967) Sonar: QCJ-8 (1944)
Armament	4 × 5"/38 (twin mounts) 12 × 40mm/60 (quad mounts) 6 × 20mm/80 (single mounts) 2 × depth charge tracks 6 × K-guns 1 Hedgehog M2 Browning machine guns and small arms (1944)
Aircraft carried	1 Grumman J2F seaplane or 2 helicopters
Aviation facilities	Retractable hangar

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).