USCGC Staten Island
WAGB-278
Historic Photo Gallery
"Hull #96 [;] Launching [;] Dec. 28, 1942 - #63."; photo by "Dick" Whittington Photography, Los Angeles, CA.
"CR96 [;] 3/4 Bow view - San Pedro Harbor; Western Pipe & Steel Co. Shipyard."; 10 February 1942; photo No. 42-69-92; photo by "Dick" Whittington Photography, Los Angeles, CA.
Icebreaker STATEN ISLAND (AGB-5_ while under Navy approaching USCGC NORTHWIND [;] Icy Cape, Alaska."; 30 July 1955; Photo No. 07-30-55 (06); photographer unknown.
No caption; 31 July 1967; Photo No. 073167-49; photographer unknown.
No caption; 14 August 1967; Photo No. 278-081467-24; photographer unknown.
No caption; 14 August 1967; Photo No. 278-081467-46; photographer unknown.
No caption; 14 August 1967; Photo No. 278-081467-47; photographer unknown.
No caption; 14 August 1967; Photo No. 278-081467-63; photographer unknown.
No caption; 1968; no photo number; photographer unknown.
"Staten Island ice rescue team retrieving mail drop in Bering Sea."; 1 March 1969; Photo No. 2780021169-23A; photographer unknown.
No caption; no date listed; no photo number; photographer unknown.
The Staten Island and Canadian icebreaker CCGS John A. MacDonald escort the tanker SS Manhattan through the Northwest Passage, September through December of 1969.
"269-ft. USCG C Staten Island (WAGB-278) masking trails through ice-paved [sic] for deliveries."; 29 December 1970; no photo number; photo by PH3 D. H. Walker, USCG.
"SHIPS ANCHORED IN WINTER QUARTERS BAY, THEY ARE (L-R) INBOARD USNS MAUMEE (TANKER), OUTBOARD USCGC BURTON ISLAND, INBOARD USNS WYANDOT (CARGO), OUTBOARD USCGC STATEN ISLAND, & ACROSS THE BAY, THE NEW ZEALAND SUPPLY SHIP, ENDEAVOR."; 13 February 1971; Photo [Negative] No. XAM-120263-2-71; photo by PH2 Sterling, USN.
Official U.S. Navy photograph.
Note the official caption is incorrect, the USCGC Staten Island is directly outboard of the USNS Maumee on the left while the Burton Island is outboard the USNS Wyandot in the right-center of the photo.
No caption/date/photo number; photographer unknown.
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