Designing a Maintainable and Sustainable Coast Guard Icebreaker for Arctic and Antarctic Operations

The U.S. Coast Guard is at the start of the process of acquiring a new class of heavy icebreaker. This class will replace the aging Polar Class ice breaker and supplement the medium icebreaker USCGC HEALY, WAGB 20. The Coast Guard must be able to control acquisition and lifecycle cost in acquiring t...

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Main Authors: Fitzpatrick, Brian, Ahmed, Syed A, Herrington, Paul
Other Authors: NEW ORLEANS UNIV LA COLL OF ENGINEERING
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2014
Subjects:
Marine Engineering
*ARCTIC REGIONS
*COAST GUARD SHIPS
*ICEBREAKERS
ACQUISITION
ANTARCTIC REGIONS
COAST GUARD
COSTS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
LIFE CYCLES
LOGISTICS SUPPORT
IMO(INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION)
MARPOL(MARINE POLLUTION)
Antarctic
Arctic
Breaker
Antarc*
Icebreaker
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA596885
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA596885
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Summary:The U.S. Coast Guard is at the start of the process of acquiring a new class of heavy icebreaker. This class will replace the aging Polar Class ice breaker and supplement the medium icebreaker USCGC HEALY, WAGB 20. The Coast Guard must be able to control acquisition and lifecycle cost in acquiring this new class of ship as well as provide for a sustainable ship with minimal environmental impact. The focus of this paper is on the ability to maintain an independent steaming vessel in the remote arctic regions of the globe and how the design of the vessel will dictate much of the logistics support of the operations. The original document contains color images.

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