USCGC Westwind

	USCGC Westwind near Cape Atholl, Greenland.
History
United States
Name	USS Westwind
Builder	Western Pipe and Steel Company, San Pedro, California.
Laid down	24 August 1942.
Launched	31 March 1943.
Sponsored by	Mrs. Stanley V. Parker.
Commissioned	18 September 1944.
Identification	AGB-6
Fate	Lent to U.S.S.R.
Notes	Designed by Gibbs & Cox of New York.
Soviet Union
Name	Severniy Polyus (Russian: Северный Полюс, “North Pole”).
Acquired	21 February 1945
Fate	Returned to U.S.
Notes	Lend-Lease. Some Russian identification labels and plaques remained on ship's equipment after being returned to U.S. service.
United States
Name	USCGC Westwind
Operator	U.S. Coast Guard
Acquired	19 December 1951
Decommissioned	29 February 1988
Identification	Hull number: WAGB-281; Call sign: NLKL;
Motto	We may be old, but we still run
Nickname(s)	"Big Red of the Gulf Coast," "Big Red Pig," "Floating Football," "Wandering Arctic Garbage Barge"
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	Wind-class icebreaker
Displacement	6,515 long tons (6,620 t) full load
Length	269 ft (82 m)
Beam	63 ft 6 in (19.35 m)
Draft	25 feet, 9 inches.
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); 4 × Enterprise / deLaval engines (1975);
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	15.5 kn (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph)
Range	16,000 nmi (30,000 km; 18,000 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) as designed; 16,000 nmi (30,000 km; 18,000 mi) at 10–12 knots (19–22 km/h; 12–14 mph) as built;
Capacity	Approximately 450,000 U.S. gal (1,700,000 L) diesel fuel
Complement	World War II authorized: 316 (21 officers, 295 enlisted); World War II 1944: 350; Postwar (US): 175 (13 officers, 2 warrant officers, 160 enlisted.;
Armament	Main: 4 × Mark 12 DP 5"/38 caliber guns on two twin mounts (1 forward, 1 aft); Anti-air: 12 × Bofors 40 mm guns on three quadruple mounts, 6 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons on single mounts.; Anti-sub: 1 × Hedgehog projector, 2 × depth charge racks.;

USCGC Westwind (WAGB-281) was a Wind-class icebreaker that served in the United States Coast Guard as USCGC Westwind (WAG-281), the Soviet Navy as the Severni Polius, and again in the U.S. Coast Guard as USCGC Westwind (WAGB-281).

History
USCGC Westwind near Cape Atholl, Greenland.
United States
Name	USS Westwind
Builder	Western Pipe and Steel Company, San Pedro, California.
Laid down	24 August 1942.
Launched	31 March 1943.
Sponsored by	Mrs. Stanley V. Parker.
Commissioned	18 September 1944.
Identification	AGB-6
Fate	Lent to U.S.S.R.
Notes	Designed by Gibbs & Cox of New York.
Soviet Union
Name	Severniy Polyus (Russian: Северный Полюс, “North Pole”).
Acquired	21 February 1945
Fate	Returned to U.S.
Notes	Lend-Lease. Some Russian identification labels and plaques remained on ship's equipment after being returned to U.S. service.
United States
Name	USCGC Westwind
Operator	U.S. Coast Guard
Acquired	19 December 1951
Decommissioned	29 February 1988
Identification	Hull number: WAGB-281 Call sign: NLKL
Motto	We may be old, but we still run
Nickname(s)	"Big Red of the Gulf Coast," "Big Red Pig," "Floating Football," "Wandering Arctic Garbage Barge"
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	Wind-class icebreaker
Displacement	6,515 long tons (6,620 t) full load
Length	269 ft (82 m)
Beam	63 ft 6 in (19.35 m)
Draft	25 feet, 9 inches.
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) 4 × Enterprise / deLaval engines (1975)
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	15.5 kn (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph)
Range	16,000 nmi (30,000 km; 18,000 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) as designed 16,000 nmi (30,000 km; 18,000 mi) at 10–12 knots (19–22 km/h; 12–14 mph) as built
Capacity	Approximately 450,000 U.S. gal (1,700,000 L) diesel fuel
Complement	World War II authorized: 316 (21 officers, 295 enlisted) World War II 1944: 350 Postwar (US): 175 (13 officers, 2 warrant officers, 160 enlisted.
Armament	Main: 4 × Mark 12 DP 5"/38 caliber guns on two twin mounts (1 forward, 1 aft) Anti-air: 12 × Bofors 40 mm guns on three quadruple mounts, 6 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons on single mounts. Anti-sub: 1 × Hedgehog projector, 2 × depth charge racks.