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2. The Healy was the only available Coast Guard icebreaker

Reply to riderinthestorm (Reply #1)

Sat Jan 14, 2012, 12:18 PM

Jan 2012

In 2011, the ship was in the middle of a seven-month science cruise in the Arctic Ocean conducting scientific operations. Due to the other U.S. ice breakers being either in repair (Polar Star) or in the process of being decommissioned (Polar Sea), the Healy is the only active large ice breaker in the Coast Guard's fleet. The commanding officer is Captain Beverly Havlik. Captain Havlik assumed command of Healy in May, 2011.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Healy_(WAGB-20)

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