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{{short description|US Navy Antarctica expedition (1946–47)}}
[[File:Windmill 5243862712 4e732973c7 o.jpg |thumb|260px|Supplies for the Windmill Expedition, 1947]]
'''Operation Windmill (OpWml)''' was the United States Navy's Second Antarctica Developments Project, an exploration and training mission to [[Antarctica]] in 1947–1948. This operation was a follow-up to the First Antarctica Development Project known as [[Operation Highjump]] (1946–1947). The expedition was commanded by Commander [[Gerald Ketchum|Gerald L. Ketchum]], USN, and the flagship of Task Force 39 was the icebreaker [[USCGC Burton Island (WAGB-283)|USS ''Burton Island'']]. 

Missions during Operation Windmill varied including supply activities, helicopter reconnaissance of ice flows, scientific surveys, underwater demolition surveys, and convoy exercises. [[Malcolm Davis]] collected live animals, such as penguins and leopard seals, for zoological studies.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brady |first1=Hillary |title=Explore the Arctic with Operation Windmill |url=https://siarchives.si.edu/blog/explore-arctic-operation-windmill |website=Smithsonian Institution Archives |access-date=14 December 2020 |date=28 January 2016}}</ref>

The icebreaker {{USS|Edisto|AG-89}} sailed on 1 November 1947 for the Panama Canal to rendezvous with the ''Burton Island'' for the expedition.<ref>US Department of Homeland Security. United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Edisto_1965.asp {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015034216/http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Edisto_1965.asp |date=2012-10-15 }}</ref><ref>U.S. NAVY SECOND ANTARCTICA DEVELOPMENTS PROJECT, OPERATION WINDMILL, 1947&ndash;1948. http://www.south-pole.com/windmill.htm</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of Antarctic expeditions]]
*[[Military activity in the Antarctic]]

==References==
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== External links ==
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*[http://www.south-pole.com/windmill.htm Operation Windmill]

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