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Diesel-electric. Six modern Finnish icebreakers docked for the summer season at Katajanokka, Helsinki. Sisu (1939–1974; transferred to the Finnish Navy) Voima (1954–) Karhu class. Karhu (1958–1986; sold to the Soviet Union) Murtaja (1959–1986; broken up) Sampo (1961–1987; sold to the city of Kemi) Tarmo class.
290' Medium Great Lakes Icebreaker (WAGB) 282' Medium Endurance Cutter (WMEC) 270' Medium Endurance Cutter (WMEC) 269' Wind-class Icebreaker (WAGB) 255' Owasco -class Cutter (WPG/WHEC) 250' Lake-class Cutter. 240' Tampa -class Cutter. 240' Seagoing Buoy Tender Breaker (WLBB) 230' Medium Endurance Cutter (WMEC)
Polar class. Polar-class icebreakers USCGC Polar Star (WAGB-10), USCGC Polar Sea (WAGB-11) are heavy icebreakers operated by the United States Coast Guard (USCG). These cutters, specifically designed for icebreaking, have reinforced hulls, special icebreaking bows, and a system that allows rapid shifting of ballast to increase the effectiveness ...
Wind-class icebreaker. The Wind-class icebreakers were a line of diesel electric-powered icebreakers in service with the United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Coast Guard and Soviet Navy from 1944 through the late 1970s. They were very effective ships: all except Eastwind served at least thirty years, and ...
Icebreaker. USCGC Healy (WAGB-20) at right breaks ice around the Russian-flagged tanker Renda, 250 miles (400 km) south of Nome, Alaska. An icebreaker is a special-purpose ship or boat designed to move and navigate through ice -covered waters, and provide safe waterways for other boats and ships. Although the term usually refers to ice-breaking ...
USCGC Healy (WAGB-20) is the United States' largest and most technologically advanced icebreaker as well as the US Coast Guard 's largest vessel. [1] She is classified as a medium icebreaker by the Coast Guard. [1] She is homeported in Seattle, Washington, and was commissioned in 1999. On 6 September 2001 Healy visited the North Pole for the ...
418'. 1 × MK 110 57mm gun a variant of the Bofors 57 mm gun and Gunfire Control System. 1 × 20 mm Block 1B Baseline 2 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System. 4 × crew-served .50 caliber (12.7 mm) Browning M2 machine guns. 2 × crew-served M240B 7.62 mm machine guns. Various small arms.
USCGC Polar Star. USCGC. Polar Star. USCGC Polar Star (WAGB-10) is a United States Coast Guard heavy icebreaker. Commissioned in 1976, the ship was built by Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company of Seattle, Washington along with sister ship, USCGC Polar Sea. [4] Homeported in Seattle, Polar Star operates under the control of Coast ...