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PostPosted: Wed Apr 17, 2019 3:58 pm 
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Can anyone point me to where I can find a set of deck plans for wind class armed icebreakers?

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 18, 2019 1:16 am 
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chuck wrote:
Can anyone point me to where I can find a set of deck plans for wind class armed icebreakers?
http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=166840
Maybe Joe (An Old, Retired Coastie!) is able to help you? At least his model of Eastwind is nice!

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 19, 2019 10:14 am 
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Unfortunately I don’t have what you’re looking for but I recommend you start with the Coast Guard Historian’s office at: http://www.history.uscg.mil. You may also want to try the Coast Guard Yard at Curtis Bay, MD. At: http://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organizati ... uard-Yard/.
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Thank you, Guys.

One more question, were the decks on wind class wood planked or bare metal?

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chuck wrote:
Thank you, Guys.

One more question, were the decks on wind class wood planked or bare metal?

I would say definitely wood planked, except for the forecastle forward of the breakwater. I have sufficient photos supporting that.
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Thank you, I thought the deck would be wood covered for its insulation properties. But I wondered if extreme cold and water potentially freezing below the wood might make wood deck impractical.

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Apparently is wood no problem in the cold, think of the wooden expedition ships of the polar travelers in the nineteenth and early twentieth century, in particular the 'Fram' of Nansen and later Amundsen.

By the way, from the color in the photos I guess the Wind class icebreaker's decks were covered in pine, and not in teak as would be anyone's first guess.

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