Aircraft, Boats, and Cutters: Cutters
420-foot Icebreaker (WAGB)
The 420 foot icebreaker employs the power to brake 4.5 feet of ice at three knots continuously or up to eight feet by ramming. The Polar Icebreaker/Research Vessel was built by Avondale Industries in New Orleans. USCGC HEALY is named in commemoration of
Captain Michael A. Healy, US Revenue Marine.
Characteristics:
Length: |
420 ft |
Beam: |
82 ft |
Designed Draft: |
29 ft |
Displacement: |
16,000 tons |
Propulsion: |
Disel Electric, AC/AC
Cycloconvertor |
Shaft
Horsepower: |
30,000 Max HP |
Commissioned: |
June 1999 |
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420-foot WAGBs in Service:
- HEALY (WAGB 20) Seattle, WA
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