USCGC Blackhaw (WLB-390)

The USCGC Blackhaw (WLB-390) was a belonging to the United States Coast Guard launched on 18 June 1943 and commissioned on 17 February 1944.

Career
Immediately after her commissioning, the Blackhaw was assigned to perform general ATON and icebreaking duties in the Great Lakes. Afterward she was assigned to the 6th Coast Guard District and homeported in Charleston, South Carolina.

In popular culture
During the spring of 1989 the ship and her crew were used during the filming of The Hunt for Red October to depict a Soviet icebreaker and its crew.