Ship Visits Wilkes Station Antarctica

Arrival Date	Departure Date	Ship	Notes
16 Jan 1948	20 Jan 1948	USS Burton Island and USS Edisto	Landings made on islands in Vincennes Bay to establish ground control survey points as part of Operation Windmill. [8]
19 Jan 1956	22 Jan 1956	Kista Dan	Landings were made on two islands in Vincennes Bay.
25 Jan 1957	25 Jan 1957	Kista Dan	Rendezvous with United States ships Glacier, Arneb and Grenville Victory at the Vincennes Bay ice edge
29 Jan 1957	16 Feb 1957	USS Glacier
30 Jan 1957	16 Feb 1957	USS Arneb
30 Jan 1957	16 Feb 1957	USS Greenville Victory
27 Jan 1958	27 Jan 1958	Thala Dan
23 Jan 1958	30 Jan 1958	USS Atka
25 Jan 1958	30 Jan 1958	USS Arneb
25 Jan 1958	30 Jan 1958	USS Burton Island
24 Jan 1959	5 Feb 1959	Magga Dan	ANARE takes over Wilkes
Jan 1959	Feb 1959	USS Staten Island
11 Feb 1960	11 Feb 1960	Magga Dan
14 Feb 1960	19 Feb 1960	Magga Dan	Wilkes Change Over
2 Jan 1961	12 Jan 1961	Magga Dan	Wilkes Change Over
16 Feb 1961	16 Feb 1961	Magga Dan	Ice edge
10 Jan 1962	18 Jan 1962	Thala Dan	Wilkes Change Over
28 Feb 1962	1 Mar 1962	Nella Dan
11 Jan 1963	24 Jan 1963	Thala Dan	Wilkes Change Over
12(15?) Jan 1964	24(26?) Jan 1964	Nella Dan	Wilkes Change Over
28 Jan 1965	11 Feb 1965	Thala Dan	Relief voyage
11 Jan 1966	26 Jan 1966	Nella Dan	Inspect sites for Casey
25 Jan 1966	9 Feb 1966	Thala Dan	Relief voyage
6 Feb 1967	10 Feb 1967	Thala Dan
1 Mar 1967	1 Mar 1967	Nella Dan	Ice edge
15 Jan 1968	15 Jan 1968	Nella Dan	Ice edge
22 Jan 1968	2 Feb 1968	Thala Dan	Relief voyage
7 Mar 1968	10 Mar 1968	Nella Dan	Repstat
15 Feb 1969	19 Feb 1969	Thala Dan	Casey
Feb 1969	Feb 1969	USCGC Southwind
26 Jan 1970	26 Jan 1970	Nella Dan	19 men recovered from Casey
7 Feb 1970	17 Feb 1970	Thala Dan	Casey Relief

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