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- MYCV02P12_10
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USCGC Burton Island, WAGB-283, Wind class heavy icebreaker, USCG, dock, harbor
- Name: USS Burton Island (AG-88)
Namesake: An island off the coast of Delaware Builder: Western Pipe and Steel Company (WPS), San Pedro, California Cost: $9.880,037.00 USD. Laid down: 15March /03/ 1946 Launched: 30 April 1946 Christened: 1946. Completed: 1946. Commissioned: 28 December 1946 Decommissioned: 15 December 1966 Maiden voyage: 17 January 1947 In service: 08 December 1946 Out of service: 15 December 1966 Struck: 1966 Identification: AG-88 (1946). AGB-1 (1949) Fate: Transferred to U.S. Coast Guard Career (USCG) Name: USCGC Burton Island (WAGB-283). Recommissioned: 15 December 1966 Decommissioned: 09 May 1978 Homeport: Long Beach, California (1966). Government Island, Alameda, California (1977) Nickname: Hurtin' Burton. B.I. White Antarctic Garbage Barge Fate: Sold for scrap, 17 August 1980 Status: 19th Fleet Notes: Ships callsign: NRFC
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Honolulu, Oahu, city, Coast Guard, Military, Maritime
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