USCGC Glacier (WAG-40)

GPTKB entity

Properties (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard_Cutter
gptkbp:armament 1 × 5 in (127 mm) gun
2 × 40 mm guns
4 × .50 cal machine guns
gptkbp:beam 66 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:San_Pedro,_California
gptkb:Western_Pipe_and_Steel_Company
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Captain_John_A._McGowan
gptkbp:commissioned 1952
gptkbp:crew 150
gptkbp:decommissioned 1987
gptkbp:deployedTo 1986
gptkbp:displacement 3,500 tons
gptkbp:draft 24 feet
gptkbp:fate Scrapped
gptkbp:historical_significance First icebreaker built for the U.S. Coast Guard after WWII
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Seattle,_Washington
to_San_Francisco,_California
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USCGC Glacier (WAG-40)
gptkbp:IATA_code Helicopter deck
gptkbp:iceClass Polar Class
gptkbp:launched 1950
gptkbp:length 399 feet
399 ft 0 in
gptkbp:missions Assisted_in_scientific_research_in_Antarctica
gptkbp:notable_feature Icebreaker hull design
gptkbp:notableOperations Operation Deep Freeze
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:U.S._Coast_Guard
gptkbp:operational_area Arctic_and_Antarctic_regions
gptkbp:operational_status Decommissioned
gptkbp:participatesIn Scientific research missions
Environmental protection missions
gptkbp:productionYears 1952 to 1987
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:USCGC_Healy_(WAGB-20)
gptkbp:restingPlace Scrapyard in 1990s
gptkbp:sacraments 1987 in Seattle
gptkbp:secondary_mission Icebreaking
gptkbp:servedIn Research vessel
Cold_War_operations
Antarctic_missions
gptkbp:serviceYears 35 years
gptkbp:significantEvent Rescue operations during the 1970s
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USCGC_Northwind_(WAG-282)
gptkbp:speed 16 knots