USCGC Healy

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|Ship name= ''Healy'' |Ship namesake=Michael A. Healy |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=Avondale Shipyard |Ship laid down=16 September 1996 |Ship launched=15 November 1997 |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned=10 November 1999 |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship identification=* * *Callsign: NEPP |Ship honours= |Ship fate= |Ship status=In service |Ship notes= |Ship motto=''Promise and Deliver'' |Ship badge=* *Crest of the USCGC ''Healy'' }}

|Ship length= |Ship beam= |Ship draft= |Ship power=*4 × Sulzer 12ZAV40S * (combined) |Ship propulsion=*Diesel-electric (AC/AC) *Two shafts (2 × ) |Ship speed=* (maximum) * (cruising) * in ice |Ship range= |Ship complement=*19 officers *12 CPO *54 enlisted *51 scientists |Ship sensors= |Ship EW= |Ship armament= |Ship armor= |Ship aircraft=*1999–2005: *2 × HH-65B Dolphin helicopters. *2005–present: *Helicopter support by a National Science Foundation contractor. |Ship aircraft facilities= |Ship notes=5 laboratories: Main Lab, Wet Lab, Bio-Chem Lab, Electronics Lab, Meteorological Lab }} |}

'''USCGC ''Healy'' (WAGB-20)''' is the United States' largest and most technologically advanced icebreaker as well as the US Coast Guard's largest vessel. She is classified as a medium icebreaker by the Coast Guard. She is homeported in Seattle, Washington, and was commissioned in 1999. On 6 September 2001 ''Healy'' visited the North Pole for the first time. The second visit occurred on 12 September 2005. On 5 September 2015, ''Healy'' became the first unaccompanied United States surface vessel to reach the North Pole, and ''Healy's'' fourth Pole visit (and her second unaccompanied visit) happened on 30 September 2022. Provided by Wikipedia