Southwind 1945
| No | Name | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| WAG278, 5.1966- WAGB278 | Northwind, 1.1952- Staten Island | 96 | Western Pipe & Steel, San Francisco | 6.1942 | 28.12.1942 | 2/1944 // 1.1952 | to Soviet Union before commission 2.1944-1/1952 (Северный Ветер[Severnyy Vetyer]), sold 1975 |
| WAG279, 5.1966- WAGB279 | Eastwind | 97 | Western Pipe & Steel, San Francisco | 6.1942 | 6.2.1943 | 6.1944 | sold 1972 |
| WAG280, 5.1966- WAGB280 | Southwind, 4.1950- Atka, 10.1966- Southwind | 98 | Western Pipe & Steel, San Francisco | 7.1942 | 8.3.1943 | 7.1944 | to Soviet Union 3.1945-4/1950 (Капитан Белоусов[Kapitan Belousov]), sold 3.1976 |
| WAG281, 5.1966- WAGB281 | Westwind | 99 | Western Pipe & Steel, San Francisco | 8.1942 | 31.3.1943 | 9/1944 | to Soviet Union 2.1945-12/1951 (Северный Полюс[Severnyy Polius]), sold 2.1988 |
| WAG282, 5.1966- WAGB282 | Northwind | Western Pipe & Steel, San Francisco | 7.1944 | 25.2.1945 | 7/1945 | sold 1.1989 |
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Displacement standard, t |
3500 |
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Displacement full, t |
6515 |
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Length, m |
82.0 |
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Breadth, m |
19.4 |
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Draught, m |
7.85 max |
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No of shafts |
2 aft, 1 fore |
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Machinery |
3 electric motors, 3 Fairbanks-Morse diesel-generators |
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Power, h. p. |
12000 |
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Max speed, kts |
16.8 trials |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 1370 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 50000 (11) |
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Armament |
2 x 2 - 127/38 Mk 12, 3 x 4 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 6 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL, 6 DCT, 2 DCR, 1 seaplane (J2F) |
| Electronic equipment | presumably SF or SG or SL or SU, Mk 12.22 or Mk 25 radars |
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Complement |
316 |
Project history: Registered as large cutters, "Wind" class ships were icebreakers with the armament similar to Owasco class cutters. Unlike the latter, their building had much higher priority as the ships were supposed to be used for supply of US bases in Greenland, and for conducting of Arctic convoys.
The project provided bow screw for improvement of manoeuvrability and ice diffusion, however it has shown impracticality and has been removed.
Modernizations:
1945, all: fore shaft was removed, fore ER was converted to cargo hold.1/1946: 2 x 2 - 127/38 Mk 38, 3 x 4 - 40/60 Mk 2, 6 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL, 6 DCT, 2 DCR, 1 seaplane, SF or SG or SL or SU, Mk 12.22 or Mk 25 radars
1970s, both survived: unarmed, 2x nav. radars
1980s, both survived: - 2x nav. radars; + 2x SPS-64 radars
Naval service: No significant events.
Eastwind after WWII
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