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USCGC Healy (WAGB-20)
An accurate model of the US most
advanced and largest icebreaker
USCGC Healy is the United
States' largest and most technologically advanced
icebreaker as well as the US Coast Guard's largest
vessel. She is homeported in Seattle, Washington.
Commissioned in 1999,
HEALY is designed to break 4.5 feet of
ice continuously at three knots and can operate in
temperatures as low as -50 degrees F.
On September 5, 2015, USCGC Healy became the first
unaccompanied United States surface vessel to reach the
North Pole.
USCGC Healy is an
optimally manned vessel, meaning she has the minimum
number of personnel staffed.
Healy has a Dynamic Positioning System (DPS) that uses
its Bow Thruster system, which aids in navigation and
station keeping during science operations. The science
community provided invaluable input on lab lay-outs and
science capabilities during design and construction of
the ship. At a time when scientific interest in the
Arctic Ocean basin is intensifying, HEALY substantially
enhances the United States Arctic research capability.
There are three small boats on board Healy. One is the 38 ft
Arctic Survey Boat (ASB), which is on the
starboard side. The other ones are 26 ft Cutter Boat
Large (CBL) and Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats (RHIB).
October 29, 2015: USCGC Healy received the Coast Guard
Unit Commendation award for exceptionally meritorious
service from 24 June to 29 October 2015 during their
Arctic West Summer 2015 deployment. Healy traveled over
16,000 miles, took over 25,000 water and ice samples
from 72 science stations, and became the first
unaccompanied U.S. surface vessel to reach the North
Pole.
April 10, 2012: USCGC Healy received the Coast Guard
Unit Commendation award for exceptionally meritorious
service from 3 January to 5 February 2012 after she
escorted a tanker carrying a critical load of fuel
through tremendously difficult winter ice conditions
to Nome, AK. In November 2011, Healy escorted the MT
Renda through over 300 miles of extremely difficult ice
conditions and broke out the beset ship time after time.
After many days of great exertion, MT Renda transferred
the fuel to Nome over the course of three days. On 20
January, Healy began the break out for herself and the
MT Renda. They emerged from the ice on 29 January 2012
after successful completion of the mission. That was the
first-ever winter fuel delivery from the water in
Western Alaska.
May 7, 2003: USCGC Healy received the Coast Guard Unit
Commendation award for exceptionally meritorious service
from January 2003 to April 2003 while conducting
Operation Deep Freeze in support of the U.S. Antarctic
Program. With less than three weeks' notice, Healy was
deployed to Antarctica in support of the critical annual
re-supply of McMurdo Station. Healy played an
instrumental role in coordination with USCGC Polar
Sea in resupplying the ice station. She successfully
escorted the freighter American Tern and the tanker
Richard G. Matthieson in and out of the ice.
January 23, 2002: USCGC Healy received the Coast
Guard Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation award
for mapping 1,100 miles of the Gakkel Ridge, previously
the only unmapped undersea ridge in the world. Twelve
previously unknown volcanoes and numerous undersea
hydrothermal vents were discovered. Eight tons of rock
samples were taken from over 100 deep sea dredges.
A unit of this primarily wood model of the Coast Guard Healy
icebreaker was acquired by
United States Coast Guard - Pacific Area in 2024.
25" long x 11" tall x 5.5" wide (1/200 scale).
The base is 27" x 7"
$2,890
Shipping
and insurance in the contiguous US included. Other countries: $300
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colors,
superstructure, boats, propellers, helicopter...) Details are coarse (strange railings, cranes...) It's
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Learn more about the Healy Coast Guard here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Healy_(WAGB-20)
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