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Polar Security Cutter program. The Polar Security Cutter Program is a program to recapitalize the United States Coast Guard's aging fleet of icebreakers, currently consisting of the heavy icebreaker USCGC Polar Star and the medium icebreaker USCGC Healy, with three new multi-mission vessels referred to as Polar Security Cutters (PSC).
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 Northwind served in the ...
Murder Mystery 2 is a 2023 American action comedy mystery film directed by Jeremy Garelick and written by James Vanderbilt. It is a sequel to the 2019 film Murder Mystery, and it stars Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston with Mark Strong, Mélanie Laurent, Jodie Turner-Smith and John Kani . Murder Mystery 2 was released by Netflix on March 31 ...
Aurora Borealis. (icebreaker) Aurora Borealis is a proposed European research icebreaker, comparable to the world's strongest icebreakers, [2] planned jointly by a consortium of fifteen participant organizations and companies [3] from ten European nations. If built, she would be the largest icebreaker ever built as well as the first icebreaker ...
RSV Nuyina is an icebreaking research and supply vessel intended to support Australian scientific activities and research bases in Antarctica. Capable of deploying a wide range of vehicles, including helicopters, landing barges and amphibious trucks to support the resupply operation, the new ship provides a modern platform for marine science research in both sea ice and open water with a large ...