Great leadership by the Captain of the ship. What incompetence.
It appears that the ship was commissioned in Buffalo in December. The photo https://www.stripes.com/news/us/uss-little-rock-departs-montreal-after-trapped-by-ice-for-3-months-1.520135 shows ice already forming.
On the way out to sea, the ship stopped in Montreal for a scheduled stop and some repairs where it got iced in.
I haven’t been in the Navy, but I would think the Commander doesn’t decide where to dock the boat.
Instead, I’d blame America for not doing a good enough job enhancing global warming.
Who christens a ship in Buffalo, NY in December? That is the boneheaded move that is the issue with this.