USCGC Burton Island (WAGB-283)
USS Burton Island (AG-88) was a United States Navy Wind-class icebreaker that was later re-commissioned in the United States Coast Guard as the United States Coast Guard Cutter Burton Island (WAGB-283). She was named after an island near the coast of Delaware.
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