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1Double acting ship — MT Tempera, the first double acting tanker, breaking ice astern Double acting ship (DAS) is a type of icebreaking merchant ship designed to run ahead in open water and astern (in layman s terms, backwards) in ice. Such ships can operate… …
2Museum and historic ships of the Great Lakes — This is a list of museum ships and boats of the Great Lakes, North America, including surviving hulls, museum and/or historic ships at risk, other surviving historic hulls and interesting partial ships of note, etc. Contents 1 Museum ships and… …
3USCGC Polar Star (WAGB-10) — is a United States Coast Guard Heavy Icebreaker. Commissioned in 1976, the ship was built by Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company of Seattle, Washington along with her sister ship, Polar Sea (WAGB 11).Homeported in Seattle, Polar Star… …
4Icebreaker — [ thumb|right|300px|German icebreaker Polarstern ] An icebreaker is a special purpose ship or boat designed to move and navigate through ice covered waters. Although the term usually refers to icebreaking ships, it can also refer to smaller… …
5MV Abegweit — The motor vessel Abegweit was the name for two different icebreaking railway, vehicle, and passenger ferries which operated across the Abegweit Passage of Northumberland Strait, connecting Port Borden to Cape Tormentine between 1947 1997.The word …
6USCGC Polar Sea (WAGB-11) — is a United States Coast Guard Heavy Icebreaker. Commissioned in 1978, the ship was built by Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company of Seattle along with her sister ship, Polar Star (WAGB 10).Homeported in Seattle, Washington Polar Sea… …
7MT Tempera — The MT Tempera is an ocean going icebreaking tanker that was finished in 2002. Using Azipod technology, the MT Tempera and its sister ship the MT Mastera are known as double acting tankers. Azipods or Azimuthing Podded Propulsors have an… …
8ship — shipless, adj. shiplessly, adv. /ship/, n., v., shipped, shipping. n. 1. a vessel, esp. a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines. 2. Naut. a. a sailing vessel square rigged on all of three or more masts, having jibs, staysails, and a… …
9Nuclear powered icebreaker — A nuclear powered icebreaker is a purpose built ship for use in waters continuously covered with ice. Icebreakers are ships capable of cruising on ice covered water by breaking through the ice with their strong, heavy, steel bows. Nuclear powered …
10MT Mastera — The MT Mastera and its sister ship the MT Tempera are icebreakers known as double acting tankers. They use Azipod azimuth thruster technology. The MT Mastera was finished in 2002.While icebreaking tankers are not new, all icebreaking ships have… …
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