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[[File:Glacier nearing the ice pier.jpg|350px|thumb|The Glacier approaching McMurdo Station, Antarctica]] | [[File:Glacier nearing the ice pier.jpg|350px|thumb|The Glacier approaching McMurdo Station, Antarctica]] | ||
The '''USS ''Glacier''''' (AGB-4) was a [[U.S. Navy]], then U.S. Coast Guard [[icebreaker]] which served in the first through fifteenth Operation Deep Freeze expeditions. ''Glacier'' was first icebreaker to make her way through the frozen [[Bellingshausen Sea]], and most of the topography in the area is named for her crewmembers. When built, ''Glacier'' had the largest capacity single armature DC motors ever installed on a ship. ''Glacier'' was capable of breaking ice up to 20 feet (6.1 m) thick, and of continuous breaking of 4-foot (1.2 m) thick ice at 3 knots (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph). | The '''USS ''Glacier''''' (AGB-4) was a [[U.S. Navy]], then U.S. Coast Guard [[icebreaker]] which served in the first through fifteenth [[Operation Deep Freeze]] expeditions. ''Glacier'' was first icebreaker to make her way through the frozen [[Bellingshausen Sea]], and most of the topography in the area is named for her crewmembers. When built, ''Glacier'' had the largest capacity single armature DC motors ever installed on a ship. ''Glacier'' was capable of breaking ice up to 20 feet (6.1 m) thick, and of continuous breaking of 4-foot (1.2 m) thick ice at 3 knots (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph). | ||
Named for Glacier Bay, Alaska, the USS ''Glacier'' was launched on 27 August 1954 at Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula, Mississippi, sponsored by Mrs. Roscoe F. Good; and commissioned on 27 May 1955, CDR. E.H. Mayer USN, Commanding. ''Glacier'' is the only icebreaker built in the Glacier class, and was in U.S. Navy service for 11 years, and U.S. Coast Guard service for 21 years. | Named for Glacier Bay, Alaska, the USS ''Glacier'' was launched on 27 August 1954 at Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula, Mississippi, sponsored by Mrs. Roscoe F. Good; and commissioned on 27 May 1955, CDR. E.H. Mayer USN, Commanding. ''Glacier'' is the only icebreaker built in the Glacier class, and was in U.S. Navy service for 11 years, and U.S. Coast Guard service for 21 years. | ||
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In the summer of 1958, ''Glacier'' provided ice-escort for "Operation Sunec" for the resupply of North Polar radar and weather stations. By November 1958, however, she was again near the [[South Pole]] at McMurdo Sound, and after resupplying the base, steamed to Little America V to begin the station deactivation. Subsequently, while operating in the Terra Nova Bay on the coast of Victoria Land, she discovered two unknown islands and what was likely the largest [[emperor penguin]] rookery in the Antarctic, home of over 50,000 of the large birds. ''Glacier'' then sped to the assistance of the Belgian expedition ship RV Polarhav near Breid Bay, halfway around the Antarctic continent from the Ross Sea. | In the summer of 1958, ''Glacier'' provided ice-escort for "Operation Sunec" for the resupply of North Polar radar and weather stations. By November 1958, however, she was again near the [[South Pole]] at McMurdo Sound, and after resupplying the base, steamed to Little America V to begin the station deactivation. Subsequently, while operating in the Terra Nova Bay on the coast of Victoria Land, she discovered two unknown islands and what was likely the largest [[emperor penguin]] rookery in the Antarctic, home of over 50,000 of the large birds. ''Glacier'' then sped to the assistance of the Belgian expedition ship RV Polarhav near Breid Bay, halfway around the Antarctic continent from the Ross Sea. | ||
For "Operation Deep Freeze 5" in 1959–1960, ''Glacier'' sailed to McMurdo and then on an exploration of the [[Bellingshausen Sea]]. In late February 1960 ''Glacier'' raced to assist Argentine Navy icebreaker ARA ''General San Martín'' and Danish cargo ship MV ''Kista Dan''. When this rescue mission was accomplished, ''Glacier'' sailed to Rio de Janeiro Brazil on 2 April 1960 and provided emergency assistance to flooded areas there for twelve days. Glacier also did relief operations; providing helicopter and boat transportation, and emergency supplies to residents of Paramaribo, Suriname after the floods. ''Glacier'' then got underway for Boston, MA on 17 April 1960. | For "[[Operation Deep Freeze]] 5" in 1959–1960, ''Glacier'' sailed to McMurdo and then on an exploration of the [[Bellingshausen Sea]]. In late February 1960 ''Glacier'' raced to assist Argentine Navy icebreaker ARA ''General San Martín'' and Danish cargo ship MV ''Kista Dan''. When this rescue mission was accomplished, ''Glacier'' sailed to Rio de Janeiro Brazil on 2 April 1960 and provided emergency assistance to flooded areas there for twelve days. Glacier also did relief operations; providing helicopter and boat transportation, and emergency supplies to residents of Paramaribo, Suriname after the floods. ''Glacier'' then got underway for Boston, MA on 17 April 1960. | ||
===Antarctic operations, 1960–1966=== | ===Antarctic operations, 1960–1966=== | ||