The first Polar Security Cutter, a heavy polar icebreaker, will be built in the US after more than 50 years. The ship is designed to break ice up to eight feet thick and can accommodate 186 personnel for 90 days.
The U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Navy received approval for the construction of the first Polar Security Cutter, which will be built at Bollinger Mississippi Shipbuilding in Pascagoula. The ship can accommodate 186 personnel comfortably for 90 days and is capable of continuously breaking ice between six to eight feet thick. The Polar Security Cutter is the first heavy polar icebreaker to be built in the United States in more than five decades.
In a statement from the Coast Guard, officials said the approval “continues work that has been underway since the summer of 2023 as part of an innovative approach to shorten the delivery timeline of these critical national assets.” The Coast Guard’s operational polar icebreaking fleet currently includes one 399-foot heavy icebreaker (Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, commissioned in 1976) and one 420-foot medium icebreaker (Coast Guard Cutter Healy, commissioned in 2000). Polar Security Cutters are designed for open-water icebreaking and feature reinforced hulls and specially angled bows
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