Eastwind (WAGB 279) - Naval Cruise Book

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EASTWIND C1-uisebook DEEP FREEZE 64 . 3 .. E '

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Easlwzna' A Wind class icebreaker displaces over 6 500 tons is 269 feet long and over 63 feet wide. Her diesel electric propulsion plant uses 10,000 horsepower which drives the ship high onto the ice, crush- ing it by sheer weight, it can make progress, though slow, through 10 foot ice. The Coast Guard Cutter Easzfwina' was commissioned in San Pedro, California, on June 3, 1944. Two months later, she reached her present--day home port of Boston, Mas- sachusetts. Her first mission in WW II was to north- east Greenland. There she fought through 10-foot ice to rescue two men in a small boat lost from an allied patrol. Pushing still further northward, she sight- ed a German weather station in October 1944. During the next 15 days, landing parties from the Eastwina' captured the sta- tion, its valuable documents, and a German expeditionary vessel. The rest of the war was spent working in the thick polar ice and ferret- ing out various enemy infiltrations. At the War's end, the icebreaker made four peacetime trips to Greenland. In 1948 she smashed a shipping path in New York's ice-bound Hudson River, alleviating serious supply shortages in upstate communities. From 1950 to 1954, the cutter made numerous and varied trips to the Arctic re- gions. Then in 1955 she participated in the first Operation DEEP FREEZE. Since then, she has divided her time between Arctic and Antarctic operations. This included a cir- cumnavigation of the globe after the comple- tion of Operation DEEP FREEZE 60. This year, Eastwind participated in Op- eration DEEP FREEZE 64. Comfort and welfare of the crew hold top billing among Easlwindiv assets. On board you will find a complete library, sun- dries stores, soft-drink machine, post office, barber shop, laundry, and medical and den- tal facilities. Lay religious services are con- ducted weekly. ' - L4 . Q7 . 7 9 ' . . ' 9 ' a

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