Posted on 11/22/2015 11:55:50 AM PST by artichokegrower
Just contract it out with Putin. The Russians have more than the rest of the world combined.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_icebreakers
yeah, use Obama new carbon taxes on global warming to pay for ice breakers?
I don’t care as long as they use no fossil or nuclear fuels for propulsion. Sails would be good and would provide work for unemployed tentmakers.
With all that globull warming we clearly need more and larger icebreakers.
Nuke-u-lear ones, really BIG.
The Great Lake states should form a confederation of sorts and build it themselves and not rely on the Feds for anything.
Yep. You did it faster than ever before, in fact, 12% faster than last time when you set the old record! Your team will get mentioned in the corporate newsletter.
Next quarter we expect you to improve by another 10% (so we get our bonuses).
No problem. Chuck Norris could grab one end and Putin the other and they could portage the Arctica past the narrow locks...
(+1) new-construction lake icebreaker [WAGB]
Bldr: Marinette Marine Corp., Marinette, Wisc.
(WAGB-30) USCGC Mackinaw
Laid down February 9, 2004
Launched April 2, 2005
In serv. June 10, 2006
D: 3,500 tons (fl)
S: 15 kts
Dim: 240 ft x 58 ft x 16 ft
M: diesel-electric: 3 diesels (4,200 hp each);2 azimuthal prop pods
Crew: 9 Officers, 5 CPO’s, 41 Crew
Remarks: In the FY 99 budget, Congress provided $5.3 million toward the design of a replacement for the Mackinaw (WAGB 83); the contract was let on 16-10-01 for $82,474,830. The ship, which will be much less powerful than its predecessor, will be able to operate for 185 days of the year and will be configured for use as a navigational aids tender during the non-winter seasons. Intended to be able to break 32-in layered ice at 3 kts and also to be used for law-enforcement, environmental protection, and national security missions. Assistance with hull design is being provided by Kvaerner Masa Marine and Masa-Yards Arctic Technology Center in Finland and Sweden.
Have Russians build one in Great Lakes! That would work.
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