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

Abstract

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.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 21, 2014
Accession Number
ADA596885

Entities

People

  • Brian Fitzpatrick
  • Paul Herrington
  • Syed A. Ahmed

Organizations

  • University of New Orleans

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coast Guard
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Electrical Equipment
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Gas Turbines
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Monitoring
  • Polar Regions
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Regions
  • Security
  • Ships

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.