An icebreaker is a special-purpose ship or boat designed to move and navigate through ice-covered waters, and provide safe waterways for other boats and ships. Although the term usually refers to ice-
USCGC Healy (WAGB-20), at right, breaks ice around the Russian-flagged tanker Renda, 250 miles (400 km) south of Nome, Alaska, in January 2012.
A 17th-century Russian koch in a museum
City Ice Boat No. 1 at the Delaware River. The paddle steamer was built in 1837.
Yermak is considered the first true modern sea-going icebreaker.
The United States Coast Guard is the maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the country's eight uniformed services. Th
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…responsible for the maintenance and development of the fleet. On 9 October 2025, US President Trump and Finnish President Stubb sealed an agreement for the U.S. Coast Guard to buy up to 11 icebreaker ships to bolster U.S. national security in the Arctic. They approved a memorandum of understanding on icebreaker cooperation…
A USCG HH-65 Dolphin helicopter flies overhead as the Coast Guard Cutter Resolute steams near Deepwater Horizon spill site, July 4, 2010.
USCG helicopter, Rescue swimmers conduct search and rescue after Hurricane Irma
A member of USCG Maritime Security Response Team West trains for a simulated terrorist threat aboard the motor vessel
Maritime Safety and Security Team conduct operations in the Gulf of Aden Sept. 8, 2009 part of Combined Task Force 151, a multinational task force established to conduct counterpiracy operations off the coast of Somalia.