Operation Windmill

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Operation Windmill

Supplies for the Windmill Expedition, 1947

Operation Windmill (OpWml) was the United States

Navys Second Antarctica Developments Project, an exploration and training mission to Antarctica in 1947
1948. This operation was a follow up to the First Antarctica Development Project known as Operation Highjump.
The expedition was commanded by Commander Gerald
L. Ketchum, USN, and the agship of Task Force 39 was
the icebreaker USS Burton Island.
Missions during Operation Windmill varied including
supply activities, helicopter reconnaissance of ice ows,
scientic surveys, underwater demolition surveys, and
convoy exercises.
The icebreaker USS Edisto (AG-89) sailed on 1 November 1947 for the Panama Canal to rendezvous with the
Burton Island for the expedition.[1][2]

See also
List of Antarctic expeditions
Military activity in the Antarctic

References

[1] US Department of Homeland Security. United States

Coast Guard Historians Oce. http://www.uscg.mil/
history/webcutters/Edisto_1965.asp
[2] U.S. NAVY SECOND ANTARCTICA DEVELOPMENTS PROJECT, OPERATION WINDMILL, 1947
1948. http://www.south-pole.com/windmill.htm

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