USS Eastwind (IX-234)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Eastwind.

History
United States
Acquired	April 1946
Stricken	27 October 1949
Fate	Sold

USS Eastwind (IX-234), an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be given that name. The former German ocean racing yacht was taken over by the Navy in April 1946 arriving in the United States for assignment to the United States Naval Academy. Surveyed in 1949 and determined to be in excess of Navy needs, she was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 27 October 1949 and sold.

References

 This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

External links

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