USCGC Healy

USCGC Healy (WAGB-20) north of Alaska
History
United States
Name	Healy
Namesake	Michael A. Healy
Builder	Avondale Shipyard
Laid down	16 September 1996
Launched	15 November 1997
Commissioned	10 November 1999
Identification	IMO number: 9083380 MMSI number: 303902000 Callsign: NEPP
Motto	Promise and Deliver
Status	In service
Badge	Crest of the USCGC Healy
General characteristics
Type	Medium Icebreaker
Displacement	16,000 long tons (16,257 t)
Length	420 ft (128 m)
Beam	82 ft (25 m)
Draft	29 ft 3 in (8.92 m)
Installed power	4 × Sulzer 12ZAV40S 34,560 kW (46,350 hp) (combined)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric (AC/AC) Two shafts (2 × 11.2 MW (15,000 hp))
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) (maximum) 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) (cruising) 3 knots (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph) in 4.5 ft (1.4 m) ice
Complement	19 officers 12 CPO 54 enlisted 51 scientists
Aircraft carried	1999–2005: 2 × HH-65B Dolphin helicopters. 2005–present: Helicopter support by a National Science Foundation contractor.
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.^[1] She is classified as a medium icebreaker by the Coast Guard.^[1] 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.