Tag: ice breakers
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Farewell to ice season
Coast Guard 140-foot icebreaker Penobscot Bay returned to base on Tuesday after spending the past two weeks and, before that, much of the winter, upriver. With the 2026 ice season now finally coming to a close, both the Penobscot and Sturgeon Bay cutters are back at Bayonne, along with the 65-footer Hawser. The winter of…
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Returning to the front
Coast Guard icebreaker Penobscot Bay was on the North River heading back to the front Saturday morning, returning to icebreaking duties up north after a few days back at base in Bayonne. It has been a busy winter for this cutter, along with the other Bayonne-based 140-foot Sturgeon Bay and the smaller 65-footer Hawser. A…
