Test and Evaluation of CGC POLAR STAR WAGB 10. Volume III. Background.

• Main Author: Welsh,James P , Jr
• Other Authors: NAVAL OCEAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY NSTL STATION MS
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1978
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Marine Engineering; *ICEBREAKERS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; OPERATION; SEA ICE; COAST GUARD SHIPS; *WAGB 10; Performance; Antarctic; Arctic; Polar Star; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA121528; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA121528

CGC POLAR STAR is the first of a new class of American icebreakers built for and operated by the U.S. Coast Guard. The vessel's design incorporates many new and sophisticated systems not found on earlier icebreakers. The primary objective of the test and evaluation program was to examine the pe...