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| | | The picture below shows larger front and back views of this Old United States Coast Guard Cutter Ship Glacier WAGB-4 Belt Buckle. This belt buckle is not dated but it is believed to be from between 1966 – 1987. It has the ship’s emblem, with the ship and ice glaciers, a penguin, and a polar bear. It is marked on the two sides as follows: USCGC GLACIER WAGB-4 FOLLOW ME SOLID BRASS MADE IN U.S.A. The buckle measures about 2-9/16'' x 1-1/2'' x 5/8''. It appears to be in good condition with wear from use by a Coast Guard Sailor as pictured. Below here , for reference, is some information on the United States Coast Guard Cutter Ship Glacier WAGB-4. U.S.C.G.C. Glacier (WAGB-4) ex U.S.S. Glacier (AGB-4) (1955 - 1966) Glacier Class Icebreaker: Laid down: 3 August 1953, at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Corporation, Pascagoula, Mississippi Launched: 27 August 1954 Commissioned: U.S.S. Glacier (AGB-4), 27 May 1955, CDR. E. H. Maher, U.S.N. in command Decommissioned: transferred to the Coast Guard, 30 June 1966 Recommissioned: USCGC Glacier (WAGB-4) Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1966 Decommissioned: by the Coast Guard, 7 July 1987, at Portland, Oregon Transferred: to the MARAD for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Towed to: Bremerton, Washington, 8 July 1987 for stripping and layup Towed to: Suisun Bay, Benecia, California 3 March 1991 Final Disposition: sold for scrapping, 12 February 2012, to Esco Marine, Brownsville, Texas for $146,726.00 Specifications: Displacement: 8,650 t. Length: 310' Beam: 74' Draft: 29' Speed: 16 kts. Complement: Officers 16, Enlisted 232 Air Detachment Complement: Officers 4, Enlisted 10 Aircraft: two helicopters Armament: one twin 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, three twin 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts Propulsion: ten Fairbanks-Morse diesel engines, in three engine rooms connected through Main Control to two General Electric propulsion motors |
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