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Polar

269′ Wind Class Icebreaker First US icebreakers designed to break arctic ice Four were built for the Coast Guard in 1944 Three of the four were sent to Russia under Lend Lease A fifth was started for the Coast Guard At the same time, 3 were started for the Navy The breakers that returned from …

Light and Medium

230′ Storis Light Icebreaker Built as a supply cutter for the Greenland patrol Basically a stretched 180′ buoy tender with an Duck on the fantail Stationed in Boston after the war 1 July 1957 Set out with CGCs Spar and Bramble to find a deep water channel through the Arctic Ocean This transit ended the …

Great Lakes

290′ Mackinaw Class Great Lakes Icebreaker Designed specifically to operate in the Great Lakes Basically a Wind Class breaker lengthened, widened and deepend Model: No Designation Name Class Hull Service Comments Pictures USCGC Mackinaw WAGB 83 1944 – 2006 CGH Emergency Icebreaker The Coast Guard acquired 5 ice breaking ferries specifically to work keeping the …