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thlS IS the shlp they sailed. . . We have had the extraordinary good fortune to be stationed not only with one of the most versatile crews in the Navy but aboard a vessel whose characteristics and capabilities are to say the very least un- usual. USS EDISTO CAGB-ZD was authorized by Congress on December 17, 1943. The ship's keel was laid by the Western Pipe and Steel Co., San Pedro, California on May 15, 1945. At the commissioning cere- monies on March 20, 1947, the ship was placed under her first commanding officer, CDR E.C. Folger, USN. The' ship is named for Edisto Island in South Carolina, just 20 miles south of Charleston. The island takes its name from the Edisto Indians, the original inhabitants of the island. Since her commissioning, EDISTO has become a well seasoned icebreaking veteran of both poles. Prior to her Operation Deep- freeze 61 commitment, she had been to the Antarctic several times and to the Eastern Arctic where she was one of the two ships to have gone to lat. 82'N. In early, 1958, the ship departed Norfolk and steamed non- stop to Ellsworth Station, Weddell Sea, Antarctica, a distance of roughly 9500 miles. This voyage set a Deepfreeze record and proved the, versatility of the Navy icebreaker. USS EDISTO, originally classified as an auxiliary CAG-895 is now classified as a wind class icebreaker. The ship is equipped with a reinforced icebreaker hull, a heeling tank system which can provide an artificial roll of 10 degrees, and a flight deck above the fantail. When operating EDISTO carries two helicopters for ice reconnaissance, landing parties, and rescue work. The ship is 269 feet long and has a beam of 63 feet. It cruises at 14 knots and displaces 6400 tons when fully loaded. EDISTO is powered by six main diesel engines and two electric motors developing a total of 10,000 horse power. Currently under consideration for installation is a system ofvalves which will control the shifting of liquids in the ship's tanks. If practicable aboard EDISTO, it should help to reduce some of the rolling, an innovation for which we shall all be thank ful..
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