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Old United States Coast Guard Cutter Ship Glacier WAGB-4 Belt Buckle
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This item is already soldOld United States Coast Guard Cutter Ship Glacier WAGB-4 Belt Buckle
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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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Old United States Coast Guard Cutter Ship Glacier WAGB-4 Belt Buckle


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