USCG Icebreaking Tug - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The USCG Bay-class icebreaking tug is a class of 140 feet (42.7 m) icebreaking tugs of the United States Coast Guard

United States Coast Guard

The United States Coast Guard is a branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven U.S. uniformed services. The Coast Guard is a maritime, military, multi-mission service unique among the military branches for having a maritime law enforcement mission and a federal regulatory agency...

, with hull numbers WTGB 101 through to WTGB 109.

They can proceed through fresh water ice up to 20 inches (50.8 cm) thick, and break ice up to 3 foot (0.9144 m) thick, through ramming. These vessels are equipped with a system to lubricate their progress through the ice, by bubbling air through the hull.

Ships

(WTGB-101) Katmai Bay
USCGC Katmai Bay (WTGB-101)
The ' is a United States Coast Guard Cutter and an icebreaking tug.-Design:Katmai Bay, namesake of an area of saltwater shoreline in the Katmai National Park and Preserve of Alaska, is the lead ship of a class of icebreaking tugboats designed to have greater multi-missioncapabilities than the 110'...

(Home Port - Sault Ste. Marie, MI)
(WTGB-102) Bristol Bay (Home Port - Detroit, MI)
(WTGB-103) Mobile Bay
USCGC Mobile Bay (WTGB-103)
USCGC Mobile Bay is an active Ice cutting Tug under the direction of the United States Coast Guard. Her homeport is located in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. She is one of two ships in her class that has been equipped with a 120-foot Aids-to-Navigation barge operating on the Great Lakes...

(Home Port - Sturgeon Bay, WI)
(WTGB-104) Biscayne Bay
USCGC Biscayne Bay (WTGB-104)
The ' is a United States Coast Guard Cutter and an icebreaking tug.-Design:The Biscayne Bay is the fourth ship in a class of ice-breaking tugboat designed to have greater multi-missioncapabilities than the 110' Calumet Class Harbor Tug...

(Home Port - St. Ignace, MI)
(WTGB-105) Neah Bay (Home Port - Cleveland, OH)
(WTGB-106) Morro Bay (Home Port - New London, CT)
(WTGB-107) Penobscot Bay (Home Port - Bayonne, NJ)
(WTGB-108) Thunder Bay (Home Port - Rockland, ME)
(WTGB-109) Sturgeon Bay
USCGC Sturgeon Bay (WTGB-109)
USCGC Sturgeon Bay is an active Icebreaking Tug under the direction of the United States Coast Guard. Her homeport is located in Bayonne, New Jersey. She is the last vessel in her class, being built in 1987. The ship is known for having a major caretaking role in the New York Harbor. The vessel is...

(Home Port - Bayonne, NJ)

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