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{{Short description|Class of icebreaker ships}}
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|Builders=[[Western Pipe and Steel Company]] (WPS), [[San Pedro, California]]
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*{{navy|Canada|1911}}
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*{{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}
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|Built range=*1942–1946
*1949—1952<ref group=note>([[CCGS Labrador|CCGS ''Labrador'']]) — built to a modified design for the [[Canadian Coast Guard]].</ref>
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|Ship power=Six [[Fairbanks-Morse]] 10-cylinder [[diesel engine]]s
|Ship propulsion=*[[Diesel-electric]]
*12,000&nbsp;[[shaft horsepower|shp]] (combined)
|Ship speed={{convert|13.4|kn}} (maximum)
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|Ship complement=219 officers and men
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|Ship armament=*WAG 278 for USSR service:
*4 × 3"/30
*8 × 40&nbsp;mm/60
*6 × 20&nbsp;mm/80
*2 × depth charge tracks
*WAG 279-282:
* 4 × [[5-inch/38-caliber gun|{{convert|5|in|mm|abbr=on}}/38 cal]] [[deck gun]]s
* 12 ×[[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|40&nbsp;mm/60 cal]] [[Anti-aircraft warfare|anti-aircraft guns]]
* 6 × [[Oerlikon 20&nbsp;mm cannon|20&nbsp;mm/80 cal]] anti-aircraft guns
* 2 × [[depth charge]] racks
* [[Y-gun]] projectors
* 1 × [[Hedgehog (weapon)|Hedgehog]] [[anti-submarine mortar]]
*AG 88-89:
* 1 × [[5-inch/38-caliber gun|{{convert|5|in|mm|abbr=on}}/38 cal]] [[deck gun]]
* 12 × [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|40&nbsp;mm/60 cal]] [[Anti-aircraft warfare|anti-aircraft guns]](AG 88 only)
*AW 50: 
* None
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The '''Wind-class''' [[icebreaker]]s were a line of [[Diesel-electric transmission|diesel electric-powered]] icebreakers in service with the [[United States Navy]], [[United States Coast Guard]], [[Royal Canadian Navy]], [[Canadian Coast Guard]] and [[Soviet Navy]] from 1944 through the late 1970s. They were very effective ships: all except ''Eastwind'' served at least thirty years, and ''Northwind'' served in the USCG continuously for forty-four years. Considered the most technologically advanced icebreakers in the world when first built, the Wind-class icebreakers were also heavily armed; the first operator of the class was the [[United States Coast Guard]], which used the vessels for much-needed coastal patrol off [[Greenland]] during [[World War II]]. Three of the vessels of the class, ''Westwind'', ''Southwind'', and the first ''Northwind'' all went on to serve temporarily for the [[Soviet Union]] under the [[Lend-Lease]] program, while two others were built for the [[United States Navy]] and another was built for the [[Royal Canadian Navy]]; all eight vessels were eventually transferred to the [[United States Coast Guard]] and the [[Canadian Coast Guard]].<ref name="USCGHist">U.S. Department of Homeland Security. U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office. http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Icebreakers.asp {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701150642/http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Icebreakers.asp |date=1 July 2015 }}</ref><ref name="Maginley">Charles D. "Doug" Maginley. ''The Canadian Coast Guard 1962-2002''. Vanwell Publishing LTD. 2003. {{ISBN|1-55125-092-6}}.</ref><ref name="RoyalCanadianNavy">My Royal Canadian Navy. http://myrcn.ca/18labrador/labrador.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050224093742/http://myrcn.ca/18labrador/labrador.html |date=24 February 2005 }}</ref>

The Wind-class ships were the first class of true icebreakers built by the United States. [[Gibbs & Cox]] of New York provided the designs with input from the Coast Guard's Naval Engineering Division. The final design was heavily influenced by studies conducted by then LCDR [[Edward Thiele]], USCG (later RADM, and Engineer in Chief of the U.S. Coast Guard) of foreign icebreakers, namely the Swedish ''[[Ymer (1931 icebreaker)|Ymer]]'', built in 1931,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sjofartsverket.se/en/About-us/Activities/Icebreaking/The-History-of-Nordic-Icebreaking/ |title=The History of Nordic Icebreaking - Sjofartsverket |access-date=18 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523154758/http://www.sjofartsverket.se/en/About-us/Activities/Icebreaking/The-History-of-Nordic-Icebreaking/ |archive-date=23 May 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://oceania.pbworks.com/w/page/8472187/Swedish%20Auxiliary%20Ships |title=Oceania / Swedish Auxiliary Ships |access-date=18 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508025407/http://oceania.pbworks.com/w/page/8472187/Swedish%20Auxiliary%20Ships |archive-date=8 May 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> and the Soviet [[Krasin (1916 icebreaker)|''Krasin'']].<ref name="USCGHist"/>

Seven ships of the class were built in the United States, and one modified version, [[HMCS Labrador|HMCS ''Labrador'']], was built in Canada.<ref name="USCGHist"/><ref name="Maginley"/><ref name="RoyalCanadianNavy"/><ref name="UCalgary">Icebreakers in the North. University of Calgary. https://www.ucalgary.ca/arcticexpedition/icebreakers/hmcs-labrador {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305012241/http://www.ucalgary.ca/arcticexpedition/icebreakers/hmcs-labrador |date=5 March 2016 }}</ref><ref name="CanadaAviation">CANADA AVIATION MUSEUM AIRCRAFT. PIASECKI (VERTOL) HUP-3 (RETRIEVER). ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY (RCN). http://www.aviation.technomuses.ca/assets/pdf/e_PiaseckiHUP-3.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110055727/http://www.aviation.technomuses.ca/assets/pdf/e_PiaseckiHUP-3.pdf |date=10 January 2011 }}</ref>

== Construction ==
State of the art when designed, their hull was of unprecedented strength and structural integrity. The outer hull plating was constructed with 1-5/8&nbsp;inch thick high tensile steel and they had a double bottom above the waterline with the two "skins" being approximately 15&nbsp;inches apart, insulated with cork.  Framing was closely spaced and the entire hull was designed for great strength. With a relatively short length in proportion to the great power developed, their bow had the characteristic sloping forefoot that enabled her to ride up on heavy ice and break it with the weight of the vessel. Their stern was similarly shaped to facilitate breaking ice while backing down.  The sides of the icebreaker were rounded, with marked [[tumblehome]], that enabled the ship to break free from ice by heeling from side to side.  Such heeling was accomplished by shifting water rapidly from wing tanks on one side of the ship to the other.  A total of 220 tons of water could be shifted from one side to the other in as little as 90 seconds, which induced a list of 10 degrees.  Ballast could also be shifted rapidly between fore and aft tanks to change the trim of the ship. Diesel electric machinery was chosen for its controllability and resistance to damage, and they were fitted with a removable front propeller used to create a wash to clear ice.<ref name="USCGHist"/>

== General characteristics ==
(as originally fitted during World War II)
* Builder: [[Western Pipe and Steel Company]] (WPS) San Pedro, California
* Power Plant: six Fairbanks Morse diesel engines at 2000 [[Horsepower#Brake horsepower|Bhp]] each, powering 3 electric propulsion motors. Two screws aft, one forward, (the bow screw was detachable and seldom used for propulsion; it was primarily to create a wash to clear away broken ice).<ref name="USCGHist"/>
* Length: 269&nbsp;ft (82&nbsp;m)
* Beam: 63.5&nbsp;ft (19.4&nbsp;m)
* Displacement: approx. 6,515&nbsp;tons full load (fl)
* Speed: {{convert|16.8|kn}}
* Aircraft: 1 [[Grumman J2F Duck]] seaplane
* Cost: about US$10 million each
* Service Life: An estimated 20 years
* Crew: 21 officers, 295 enlisted as built; (after World War II, the U.S. vessels of the Wind-class had their armament gradually reduced, which also reduced their complements)
* Armament: Four 5-inch/38 (127&nbsp;mm) dual purpose guns (2 twin turrets). Twelve 40&nbsp;mm/60 AA guns (3 quadruple turrets). Six 20&nbsp;mm/80 AA; Y-guns. Two [[depth charge]] racks. One [[Hedgehog (weapon)|Hedgehog]] launcher. M2 Browning machine guns and small arms. Due to being ordered during the war the first five U.S. built Wind-class icebreakers were heavily armed for ships of their size. ''Northwind/Staten Island (WAG 278)'' armament reduced to four single 3-inch/50 and eight single 40&nbsp;mm for Soviet service. Weapons systems were gradually removed, and by 1970 all that remained were [[M2 Browning]]s, [[M60 machine gun]]s, and small arms for law enforcement purposes.<ref name="USCGHist"/>
* Dates Deployed:1942 to 1989

== U.S. Ship Numbers ==
Initially, the ships of the Wind-class carried the designation of either '''WAG''' for Coast Guard, Auxiliary, General, or, (the U.S. Navy) '''AGB''' for Auxiliary, General, Breaker. In 1949 all U.S. Coast Guard '''WAG'''s were redesignated '''WAGB'''s for Coast Guard, Auxiliary, General, Breaker. During 1965 and 1966, all U.S. Navy icebreakers were transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard. NB: The two ''Northwinds'' referenced below are not to be confused with one another.<ref name="USCGHist"/>
*The USCGC ''Staten Island'' (WAG-278) was built as ''Northwind'' (WAG-278), commissioned as ''Staten Island'' (WAG-278) and immediately sent to the U.S.S.R. under lend-lease. Upon return she was USS ''Northwind'' (AGB-5) for less than three months, then renamed USS ''Staten Island'' (AGB-5) to avoid confusion with USCGC ''Northwind'' (WAG-282), and finally renamed USCGC ''Staten Island'' (WAGB-278).
*The USCGC ''Eastwind'' (WAG-279) was redesignated USCGC ''Eastwind'' (WAGB-279).
*The USCGC ''Southwind'' (WAG-280) on return from U.S.S.R Lend-Lease service was renamed USS ''Atka'' (AGB-3), and later renamed, USCGC ''Southwind'' (WAGB-280).
*The USCGC ''Westwind'' (WAG281) on return from U.S.S.R. Lend-Lease service was named USS ''Westwind'' (AGB-6) and later renamed USCGC ''Westwind'' (WAGB-281).
*The USCGC ''Northwind'' (WAG-282) was redesignated USCGC ''Northwind'' (WAGB-282).
*The USS ''Burton Island'' (AGB-88) was redesignated USS ''Burton Island'' (AGB-1) and then renamed USCGC ''Burton Island'' (WAGB-283).
*The USS ''Edisto'' (AGB-89) was redesignated USS ''Edisto'' (AGB-2), and finally renamed USCGC ''Edisto'' (WAGB-284).

For Canada's Wind-class icebreaker, the [[Royal Canadian Navy]] (RCN) assigned [[Pennant number|Pennant Number]] '''AW 50''' to the Canadian-built HMCS ''Labrador''. ''Labrador'' served in RCN from 1954 to 1957. ''Labrador'' was then transferred to [[Transport Canada|Department of Transport]] (DOT), recommissioned [[Ship prefix|Canadian Government Ship]] (CGS) ''Labrador''  serving 1958 to 1962. She was again transferred to the [[Canadian Coast Guard]] (CCG) and recommissioned [[CCGS Labrador|CCGS ''Labrador'']], serving from 1962 to 1987. ''Labrador'' was not fitted with any weapons systems. ''Labrador'' possessed all the general characteristics of her American-built sister ships, but was much improved with state-of-the-art gear at the time (1951). ''Labrador'' was the only Canadian Wind-class icebreaker to be constructed, and also the last of the Wind-class to be built.<ref name="USCGHist"/><ref name="Maginley"/><ref name="RoyalCanadianNavy"/><ref name="UCalgary"/><ref name="CanadaAviation"/>

== Ships in class ==

'''[[USCGC Staten Island (WAGB-278)|USCGC ''Staten Island'' (WAGB-278)]]'''
[[File:USS Staten Island (AGB-5) off the Palmer Peninsula 1963.JPG|thumb|USCGC ''Staten Island'']]
* Builders: {{USA|1912}} ([[Western Pipe and Steel Company]] (WPS) in [[San Pedro, California]]).
* Laid down: 9 June 1942.
* Launched: 28 December 1942 ([[List of ship launches in 1942|List]]).
* Operators: {{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}, {{navy|United States}}, {{coast guard|United States}}.
* Commissioned: 26 February 1944 ([[List of ship commissionings in 1944|List]]).
* Status: Decommissioned 15 November 1974 and scrapped.
* Modifications:
* Operations:

Went to {{navy|Soviet Union|1935}} in 1944 where she was known as ''Severni Veter'' (North wind) and since 1946 as ''Kapitan Belousov'' as part of the [[Lend-Lease]] program; returned to {{navy|United States}} in 1951 as ''Northwind'', renamed ''Staten Island'' in 1952, then transferred to {{coast guard|United States|}} in 1966.<ref name="USCGC Staten Island">{{cite web|url=http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/statenisland_1965.asp|title=USCGC Staten Island|work=U.S. Coast Guard Cutter History|publisher=United States CoastGuard|access-date=2012-12-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003062639/http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/statenisland_1965.asp|archive-date=3 October 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="USS Staten Island">{{cite web|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s18/staten_island.htm|title=USS Staten Island|work=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships|publisher=United States Navy|access-date=2012-12-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019040949/http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s18/staten_island.htm|archive-date=19 October 2012}}</ref><ref name="NavSource Staten Island">{{cite web|url=http://www.navsource.net/archives/09/08/0805.htm|title=USCGC Staten Island (WAGB-278)|website=NavSource|access-date=2012-12-12}}</ref>

'''[[USCGC Eastwind (WAGB-279)|USCGC ''Eastwind'' (WAGB-279)]]'''
[[File:USCGC Eastwind (WAGB-279).JPG|thumb|USCGC Eastwind (WAGB-279)]]
* Builders: {{USA|1912}} ([[Western Pipe and Steel Company]] (WPS) in [[San Pedro, California]]).
* Laid down: 23 June 1942.
* Launched: 3 June 1944 ([[List of ship launches in 1944|List]]).
* Operator: {{coast guard|United States|}}.
* Commissioned: 3 June 1944 ([[List of ship commissionings in 1944|List]]).
* Status: Decommissioned 13 December 1968, sold in 1972 and scrapped.
* Modifications:
* Operations:
<ref name="USCG Eastwind">{{cite web|url=http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Eastwind_1944.asp|title=USCGC Eastwind|work=U.S. Coast Guard Cutter History|publisher=United States Coast Guard|access-date=2012-12-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011043532/http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Eastwind_1944.asp|archive-date=11 October 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

'''[[USCGC Southwind (WAGB-280)|USCGC ''Southwind'' (WAGB-280)]]'''
[[File:USCGC Southwind during commissioning ceremony.jpg|thumb|USCGC ''Southwind'']]
* Builders: {{USA|1912}} ([[Western Pipe and Steel Company]] (WPS) in [[San Pedro, California]]).
* Laid down: 20 July 1942.
* Launched: 8 March 1943 ([[List of ship launches in 1943|List]]).
* Operator: {{navy|United States}}, {{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}, {{coast guard|United States}}.
* Commissioned: 15 July 1944 ([[List of ship commissionings in 1944|List]]).
* Status: Decommissioned: 31 May 1974, sold for scrap 1976
* Modifications:
* Operations:

Sent to {{navy|Soviet Union|1935}} in 1945 where she was known as ''Admiral Makarov'' as part of the [[Lend-Lease]] program. Returned to {{navy|United States}} in 1950 as the USS ''Atka'', then transferred in 1966 to {{coast guard|United States|}} where she was known as the USCGC ''Southwind''.<ref name="USCG Southwind">{{cite web|url=http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Southwind1944.asp|title=USCGC Southwind|work=U.S. Coast Guard Cutter History|publisher=United States Coast Guard|access-date=2012-12-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013233052/http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Southwind1944.asp|archive-date=13 October 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="USS Atka">{{cite web|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/a13/atka.htm|title=USS Atka|work=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships|publisher=United States Navy|access-date=2012-12-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121203135609/http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/a13/atka.htm|archive-date=3 December 2012}}</ref><ref name="NavSource Atka">{{cite web|url=http://www.navsource.net/archives/09/08/0803.htm|title=USCGC Southwind (WAGB-280) |website=NavSource|access-date=2012-12-12}}</ref>

'''[[USCGC Westwind (WAGB-281)|USCGC ''Westwind'' (WAGB-281)]]'''
[[File:SH-34J landing on USCGC Westwind (WAGB-281) 1961.jpeg|thumb|USCGC ''Westwind'']]
* Builders: {{USA|1912}} ([[Western Pipe and Steel Company]] (WPS) in [[San Pedro, California]]).
* Laid down: 24 August 1942.
* Launched: 31 March 1943. <!-- ([[List of ship launches in 19xx|List]]) -->
* Operator: {{coast guard|United States|}}, {{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}.
* Commissioned: 18 September 1944.<!-- ([[List of ship commissionings in 19xx|List]]) -->
* Status: Decommissioned: 29 February 1988 sold and scrapped.
* Modifications:
* Operations:
Sent to {{navy|Soviet Union|1935}} in 1945 where she was known as ''Severni Polius'' (North pole) as part of the [[Lend-Lease]] program. Returned to {{navy|United States}} in 1951, transferred to {{coast guard|United States|}} in 1952.<ref name="USCGC Westwind">{{cite web|url=http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Westwind1944.pdf|title=USCGC Westwind|work=U.S. Coast Guard Cutter History|publisher=United States CoastGuard|access-date=2012-12-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019103416/http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Westwind1944.pdf|archive-date=19 October 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="USS Westwind">{{cite web|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/w7/westwind.htm|title=USS Westwind|work=Dictionary of American Naval fighting ships|publisher=United States Navy|access-date=2012-12-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023043938/http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/w7/westwind.htm|archive-date=23 October 2012}}</ref><ref name="NavSource Westwind">{{cite web|url=http://www.navsource.net/archives/09/08/0806.htm|title=USCGC Westwind (WAGB-281) |website=NavSource|access-date=2012-12-12}}</ref>

'''[[USCGC Northwind (WAGB-282)|USCGC ''Northwind'' (WAGB-282)]]'''
[[File:USCGC Northwind (WAGB-282) in ice.jpg|thumb|USCGC ''Northwind'']]
* Builders: {{USA|1912}} ([[Western Pipe and Steel Company]] (WPS) in [[San Pedro, California]]).
* Laid down: 20 July 1944.
* Launched: 25 February 1945 ([[List of ship launches in 1942|List]]).
* Operator: {{coast guard|United States|}}.
* Commissioned: 28 July 1945 ([[List of ship commissionings in 1945|List]]).
* Status: Decommissioned 20 January 1989 and scrapped.
* Modifications:
* Operations:

This was the second icebreaker commissioned ''Northwind''. The first ''Northwind'' was transferred to the USSR under [[Lend-Lease]] and became ''Staten Island'' upon her return to the United States. The name change was made to avoid confusion with the other icebreaker.<ref name="USCGHistory">{{cite web|url=http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Northwind1945.pdf|title=Northwind, 1945|work=U.S. Coast Guard Cutter History|publisher=United States Coast Guard|access-date=2012-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019184621/http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Northwind1945.pdf|archive-date=19 October 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

'''[[USCGC Burton Island (WAGB-283)|USCGC ''Burton Island'' (WAGB-283)]]'''
[[File:USCGC Burton Island (WAGB-283) 1968 McMurdo Sound Antarctica. Photo by LCDR H. Stracener, USCG..jpg|thumb|USCGC ''Burton Island'' (WAGB-283)]]
* Builders: {{USA|1912}} ([[Western Pipe and Steel Company]] (WPS) in [[San Pedro, California]]).
* Laid down: 15 March 1946.
* Launched: 30 April 1946 ([[List of ship launches in 1946|List]]).
* Operator: {{navy|United States}}, {{coast guard|United States|}}.
* Commissioned: 28 December 1946<!-- ([[List of ship commissionings in 19xx|List]]) -->
* Status: Decommissioned 9 May 1978, sold 1980, and scrapped 1982.
* Modifications:
* Operations:
<ref name="USCG Burton Island">{{cite web|url=http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Burton_Island_1966.asp|title=USCGC Burton Island|work=U.S. Coast Guard Cutter History|publisher=United States Coast Guard|access-date=2012-12-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004145434/http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Burton_Island_1966.asp|archive-date=4 October 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="USS Burton Island">{{cite web|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b11/burton-island-i.htm|title=USS Burton Island|work=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships|publisher=United States Navy|access-date=2012-12-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103184416/http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b11/burton-island-i.htm|archive-date=3 November 2012}}</ref><ref name="NavSource Burton Island">{{cite web|url=http://www.navsource.net/archives/09/08/0801.htm|title=USCGC Burton Island (WAGB-283) |website=NavSource|access-date=2012-12-12}}</ref>

'''[[USCGC Edisto (WAGB-284)|USCGC ''Edisto'' (WAGB-284)]]'''
[[File:USCGC Edisto (WAGB-284) 09080208.jpg|thumb|USCGC ''Edisto'' (WAGB-284)]]
* Builders: {{USA|1912}} ([[Western Pipe and Steel Company]] (WPS) in [[San Pedro, California]]).
* Laid down: 15 May 1945.
* Launched: 29 May 1946 ([[List of ship launches in 1946|List]]).
* Operator: {{navy|United States}}, {{coast guard|United States|}}.
* Commissioned: 29 March 1946 ([[List of ship launches in 1946|List]]).
* Status: Decommissioned 15 Nov 1977 and scrapped.
* Modifications:
* Operations:
<ref name="USCGC Edisto">{{cite web|url=http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Edisto_1965.asp|title=USCGC Edisto|work=U.S. Coast Guard Cutter History|publisher=United States Coast Guard|access-date=2012-12-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015034216/http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Edisto_1965.asp|archive-date=15 October 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="USS Edisto">{{cite web|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/e2/edisto.htm|title=USS Edisto|work=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships|publisher=United States Navy|access-date=2012-12-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920134139/http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/e2/edisto.htm|archive-date=20 September 2012}}</ref><ref name="NavSource Edisto">{{cite web|url=http://www.navsource.net/archives/09/08/0802.htm|title=USCGC Edisto (WAGB-284) |website=NavSource|access-date=2012-12-12}}</ref>

'''[[CCGS Labrador|CCGS ''Labrador'']]'''
[[File:CCGS Labrador 1982.jpg|thumb|CCGS ''Labrador'']]
* Builders: {{flag|Canada|1921}} ([[Marine Industries]] in [[Sorel, Quebec]]).
* Laid down: 18 November 1949
* Launched:  14 December 1951 <!-- [[date]] ([[List of ship launches in 19xx|List]]) -->
* Operators: {{navy|Canada|1911}}, {{flag|Canada}} [[Transport Canada|Department of Transport]], {{coast guard|Canada}}.
* Commissioned: 8 July 1954 ([[List of ship commissionings in 1954|List]]). 
* Aircraft carried: RCN [[Bell 47]] helicopter
* Status: Decommissioned 1987 and scrapped.
* Modifications:
* Operations:

== Similar Vessels ==
*{{USCGC|Mackinaw|WAGB-83}} - [[Great Lakes]] icebreaker based on the Wind-class design.
*[[USS Glacier (AGB-4)|USCGC ''Glacier'' (WAGB-4)]]. Glacier-class icebreaker.

==Notes==
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Wind class icebreaker}}
* ''Ymer'', Swedish icebreaker (1931) {{Interlanguage link|Ymer (isbrytare, 1931)|sv}}
* United States Coast Guard, Historian's Office. United States Coast Guard. U.S. Department of Homeland Security. [https://www.history.uscg.mil/] Accessed 20 DEC 2021.

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[[Category:Icebreakers of the Royal Canadian Navy]]
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[[Category:Auxiliary icebreaker classes]]
[[Category:Auxiliary ship classes of the United States Navy]]