USCGC Eastwind

History
United States
Operator	U.S. Coast Guard.
Builder	Western Pipe and Steel Company, San Pedro, California
Laid down	23 June 1942.
Launched	3 June 1944.
Commissioned	1944.
Decommissioned	1968.
Identification	WAG-279. WAGB-279.
Nickname(s)	Republic of Nantucket Cutter (RONC) Ice Brother.
Fate	Sold for scrap, 1972
Notes	USCG callsign: NRFB.
General characteristics
Class and type	Coast Guard, Auxiliary, General, (WAG). Coast Guard, Auxiliary, General, (Ice) Breaker, (WAGB).
Displacement	approx 6,515 tons full load.
Length	269 ft (82 m).
Beam	63.5 ft (19.4 m).
Draft	25.7 ft (7.8 m).
Ice class	Wind class heavy icebreaker.
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	16.8 knots.

USCGC Eastwind (WAGB-279) was a Wind-class icebreaker that was built for the United States Coast Guard. Completed in time to see action in World War II, she continued in USCG service under the same name until decommissioned in 1968.