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Homeland Security

National Academies Of Science Recommend Fleet Of Four Heavy Icebreakers

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, July 11th, 2017

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National Academies Of Science Recommend Fleet Of Four Heavy Icebreakers

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)

Contrary to a Coast Guard study that calls for a fleet of six polar icebreakers evenly divided between heavy and medium variants, the National Academies of Science on Tuesday released a report recommending that the service operate four heavy polar icebreakers base on a common design, which offers the lowest cost strategyProceeding with a single class means that only one design will be needed, which will provide cost savings,” says the report, which was prepared at the behest of Congress.…

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