USCGC Burton Island (WAGB-283) [SEP] vessel class
USCGC Burton Island (WAGB-283)
USS "Burton Island" (AG-88) was a United States Navy "Wind"-class icebreaker that was later recommissioned in the United States Coast Guard as the USCGC "Burton Island" (WAGB-283). She was named after an island near the coast of Delaware.
Construction.
"Burton Island" was one of the icebreakers designed by Lt Cdr Edward Thiele and Gibbs & Cox of New York, who modeled them after plans for European icebreakers he obtained before the start of World War II
1999)
- USCGC "Burton Island" (WAGB-283) (1946–1978; broken up in 1982)
- USCGC "Edisto" (WAGB-284) (1947–1974; broken up in 1980)
- USCGC "Glacier" (WAGB-4) (1955–1987; broken up in 2012)
- Polar class
- USCGC "Polar Star" (WAGB-10) (1977–2006, 2013–; in service)
- USCGC "Polar Sea" (WAGB-11) (1978–2010; inactive)
- USCGC "Healy" (WAGB-20