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AB AC AD AE AG AK AM AO AQ AS AT AW AX AZ BM BT BU
CE CM CS CT DC DK DM DP DS DT EA EM EN EO ET EW
FC FT GM GS (53-61) GS (78-Now) HM HT IC IM IS IT JO LI LN LS
MA (48-67) MA (72-Now) ME ML MM MN MR MS MT MU NAVY NC ND OM OS OT
PC PH PM PN PR QM RD (WW2) RD (48-72) RM SD SF SH SK SM
SO ST SV SW TM UT WT YN NAVY DIVER


U.S.S. EDISTO

(AGB-2)

STEADY EDDY
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AGB-2 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
MAY1946-Launch Date: 29 MAY 1946
SEP1947-Shellback Initiation - 23 SEP 1947 - Pacific Ocean
JAN1948-JAN1949Antarctic Circle
APR1949-SEP1949blue west 1
APR1949-NOV1949Blue Nose - Arctic Circle
MAY1951-SEP1951Blue Nose - Arctic Circle
MAY1951-SEP1951Operation Bluejay
MAY1951-SEP1951North Atlantic
JAN1952-MAR1952Blue Nose - Arctic Circle
JUN1952-SEP1952North Pole
JUN1952-SEP1952Antarctic Circle
JAN1956-JAN1956Operation Deepfreeze I
MAY1958-SEP1958Operation Sunac Dewline Bases Resupply
NOV1958-MAY1959Antarctic Circle
NOV1958-MAY1959Operation Deepfreeze IV Antarctica Bases Resupply
DEC1958-Shellback Initiation - 26 DEC 1958 - Atlantic Ocean
DEC1958-Shellback Initiation - 26 DEC 1958 - Indian Ocean
JUN1961-JUN1961Panama Canal
FEB1964-SEP1965Panama Canal
DEC1964-MAY1965Antarctic Circle
DEC1964-MAY1965Operation Deepfreeze Helicopter Det HU 4 from NAS Lakehurst
JAN1965-Shellback Initiation - 19 JAN 1965 - Pacific Ocean
FEB1965-Shellback Initiation - 10 FEB 1965 - Atlantic Ocean
MAY1969-Shellback Initiation - 20 MAY 1969 - Pacific Ocean

AGB-2 General Specifications

Class: Wind-class icebreaker

Final Disposition: Scrapped 1980