U.S., Canada Team on Project for Icebreaker
8/15/2017
By Yasmin Tadjdeh
With the United States facing the imminent retirement of its sole operational heavy-duty polar icebreaker, the U.S. Coast Guard is teaming with Canadian researchers to help conduct tests that will inform requirements for a new vessel.
The service is responsible for maintaining the nation’s fleet of polar icebreakers, but currently only has two operational ships in its inventory — the Polar Star, a heavy-duty vessel, and the Healy, a medium-duty icebreaker. With the Polar Star approaching the end of its service life in the next several years, the Coast Guard is working in earnest to field a new vessel.
http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2017/8/15/us-canada-team-on-project-for-icebreaker
