Arctic Resupply Mission 1945. The Coast Guard icebreaker WESTWIND receives personnel and cargo from her disabled sister ship the Eastwind as they lay moored in Kane Basin north of Thule, Greenland. Enroute to Weather Station Alert with supplies, the Eastwind suffered damage to her starboard propeller blade and a hole in her fore peak while maneuvering to break through heavy Polar floes driving the ship toward shore. The WESTWIND went to the assistance of the Eastwind and undertook the attempt to reach Alert. The two Coast Guard icebreakers accompanied a Navy Task Force Group on the 1954 joint
Arctic Resupply Mission 1945. The Coast Guard icebreaker WESTWIND receives personnel and cargo from her disabled sister ship the Eastwind as they lay moored in Kane Basin north of Thule, Greenland. Enroute to Weather Station Alert with supplies, the Eastwind suffered damage to her starboard propeller blade and a hole in her fore peak while maneuvering to break through heavy Polar floes driving the ship toward shore. The WESTWIND went to the assistance of the Eastwind and undertook the attempt to reach Alert. The two Coast Guard icebreakers accompanied a Navy Task Force Group on the 1954 joint Canadian resupply mission to far northern weather stations in the Arctic.
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