page_title: List of icebreakers
section_title: United States Coast Guard
hierarchical_section_title: List of icebreakers / United States / United States Coast Guard
caption_attribution_description: A U.S. Coast Guard HH-52A Seaguard helicopter landing on the icebreaker USCGC Polar Star (WAGB-10).
context_page_description: This is a list of icebreakers and other special icebreaking vessels capable of operating independently in ice-covered waters. Ships known to be in service are presented in bold.
context_section_description: USCGC Mackinaw (WAGB-83) (1944–2006; museum ship)
  Wind class
  USCGC Staten Island (WAGB-278) (1944–1974; ex-Severny Veter; ex-Northwind; broken up)
  USCGC Eastwind (WAGB-279) (1944–1968; broken up in 1976–1977)
  USCGC Southwind (WAGB-280) (1944–1974; ex-Admiral Makarov; ex-Atka; broken up in 1976)
  USCGC Westwind (WAGB-281) (1944–1988; ex-Severniy Polyus; broken up)
  USCGC Northwind (WAGB-282) (1945–1989; broken up in 1999)
  USCGC Burton Island (WAGB-283) (1946–1978; broken up in 1982)
  USCGC Edisto (WAGB-284) (1947–1974; broken up in 1980)
  USCGC Glacier (WAGB-4) (1955–1987; broken up in 2012)
  Polar class
  USCGC Polar Star (WAGB-10) (1977–2006, 2013–)
  USCGC Polar Sea (WAGB-11) (1978–2010; inactive)
  USCGC Healy (WAGB-20) (2000–)
  USCGC Mackinaw (WLBB-30) (2006–)
  A new Polar Security Cutter is expected to enter service in the 2020s.
caption: USCGC Polar Star (WAGB-10)
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