THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE POLAR CLASS ICEBREAKERS DURING THE 1970'S
The Wind class icebreakers were ordered by President Roosevelt in 1941 and a total of seven were built. In the mid 1960s, the Coast Guard agreed to initiate a national icebreaker construction program to replace this Wind class, which by then had seen two decades of service. The author, who shortly thereafter became chief of the Icebreaker Design Branch at Coast Guard Headquarters, in charge of a group of ten naval architects, describes his experience with the preliminary icebreaker studies that were carried out. These laid the basis for the final design of the new Polar class, whose capabilities were finally proven in operational tests, mainly in the 1980s. The presentation includes brief, retrospective comments on four aspects of the author's experience in the design process, namely, project organization, mission analysis, nuclear propulsion, and the need for design data. It is noted that both industry and government now believe that year-round marine transportation in the Arctic has been proven feasible.
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Availability:
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Supplemental Notes:
- Journal article; Reprints a presentation at the ASNE Day Centennial, 1988
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Authors:
- Rinehart, V W
- Publication Date: 1988-11
Media Info
- Pagination: 3 p.
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Serial:
- Naval Engineers Journal
- Volume: 100
- Issue Number: No.6
- ISSN: 0028-1425
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Icebreakers; Project management
- Uncontrolled Terms: Projects
- Old TRIS Terms: Design process; Polar class
- Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Marine Transportation;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00656381
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Maritime Technical Information Facility
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jul 21 1994 12:00AM