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Coast Guard Requests Information On Heavy Polar Icebreaker

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, October 3rd, 2014

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Coast Guard Requests Information On Heavy Polar Icebreaker

Coast Guard icebreaker Polar Star. The cutter was built by the former Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company and was commissioned in 1977. (Photo: Coast Guard)

Reaching out to industry, the Coast Guard has issued a Request for Information (RFI) for commercial heavy polar icebreaker designs and the capability of industry in the United States to build such a ship. The Coast Guard currently has two sea going icebreakers, the medium breaker Healy and the heavy breaker Polar Star, which recently reentered service. There is increasing interest in the United States, particularly in Congress, for the Coast Guard to have additional heavy icebreaking capabilities for the…

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