美国在50年多的时间里 建造了第一个新的重型破冰器 增强北极的能力 U.S. to build first new heavy icebreaker in over 50 years, enhancing Arctic capabilities.

美国海岸警卫队和海军已获准在帕斯卡古拉的博林格密西西西比造船厂建造第一座极地安全堡,这是一座沉重的破冰船。 The U.S. Coast Guard and Navy have been approved to build the first Polar Security Cutter, a heavy icebreaker, at Bollinger Mississippi Shipbuilding in Pascagoula. 这是五十多年来在美国建造的首艘此类船只。 This marks the first such vessel built in the U.S. in over five decades. 它能容纳186名人员90天,可以破冰至8英尺厚。 Capable of housing 186 personnel for 90 days, it can break ice up to eight feet thick. 切割机用加固的船体和角弓设计,用于开阔水域的冰破,加强海岸警卫队的舰队,目前由1架重型和1架中型破冰机组成。 The cutter is designed with reinforced hulls and angled bows for open-water icebreaking, enhancing the Coast Guard's fleet which currently consists of one heavy and one medium icebreaker.