2019-10-15 Guide to the Keeping the Memory Alive: The Burton Island Story 1946-1978 by E. Leonard Lambert Digital Book and Order Form, circa 2006 SPEC.PA.56.5029 Finding aid prepared by Audrey Wimbiscus Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections

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2019 September This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2019-11-06T10:55-0500 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Keeping the Memory Alive: The Burton Island Story 1946-1978 by E. Leonard Lambert Digital Book and Order Form SPEC.PA.56.5029 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections Polar Small Accessions 2 1 0.02 Cubic feet circa 2006 The USS (United States Ship) Burton Island was a Wind-class icebreaker that was commissioned into the United States Navy on December 28, 1946, and recommissioned into the United States Coast Guard as the USCGC (United States Coast Guard Cutter) Burton Island on December 15, 1966. The Burton Island undertook over 20 trips to the Arctic and Antarctic, including as a supply ship for Operation Highjump, Operation Windmill, and multiple Operation Deep Freeze expeditions before being decommissioned in 1978. Keeping the Memory Alive: The Burton Island Story 1946-1978 by E. Leonard Lambert Digital Book and Order Form dates from circa 2006, and consists of six compact discs and two order form copies. The compact discs consist of digital files containing photographs, logs, and remembrances. (1) letter file folder English Lambert, E. Leonard Acquisitions Information

Accession Number PA.2006.0011: E. Leonard Lambert, 2006

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Historical Note

The USS (United States Ship) Burton Island was a Wind-class icebreaker commissioned into the United States (US) Navy on December 28, 1946. Burton Island was named after Burton Island off the coast of Delaware. During the ship's time in the US Navy, Burton Island undertook over 20 trips to the Arctic and Antarctic, including as a supply ship for Operation Highjump and Operation Windmill. Burton Island also assisted in scientific surveys and convoy exercises.

On December 15, 1966, the US Navy transferred all of its icebreakers to the United States Coast Guard; the ship was thus recommissioned as the USCGC (United States Coast Guard Cutter) Burton Island the same day. Burton Island was used for icebreaking operations, and went on eight different Deep Freeze operations to the Antarctic from 1967 to 1978. The icebreaker also conducted scientific surveys, went on missions to Alaskan waters, and participated in search-and-rescue missions in New Zealand. Burton Island was decommissioned on May 9, 1978 and sold in 1980. The icebreaker was scrapped on April 28, 1982.

E. Leonard Lambert served as a Seaman, Boatswain's Mate Striker (BMSN) on the USS Burton Island from 1960 to 1963, and passed away on March 20, 2013.

Scope and Contents

Keeping the Memory Alive: The Burton Island Story 1946-1978 by E. Leonard Lambert Digital Book and Order Form dates from circa 2006, and consists of six compact discs and two order form copies. The compact discs consist of a digital book that was never physically published. It is made of PDFs containing photographs, logs, and remembrances of the Burton Island, compiled by E. Leonard Lambert. Lambert was involved in the Burton Island Association, which was formed by former shipmates who served on the Burton Island to memorialize their time on the ship.

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