# Old Salt Blog - Will New USCG Icebreaker Be Torpedoed by the Border Wall? **URL:** \ **Category:** Professional Mariner Forum\ **Created:** [August 6, 2018, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/old-salt-blog-will-new-uscg-icebreaker-be-torpedoed-by-the-border-wall/48850 "2018-08-06T19:21:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kennebec\_Captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/kennebec_captain/32/13_2.png) [@Kennebec\_Captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Kennebec_Captain)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/old-salt-blog-will-new-uscg-icebreaker-be-torpedoed-by-the-border-wall/48850/1 "2018-08-06T19:21:34Z")
## [Will New USCG Icebreaker Be Torpedoed by the Border Wall?](http://www.oldsaltblog.com/2018/08/will-new-uscg-icebreaker-be-torpedoed-by-the-border-wall/) There is a serious crisis at our border. No, not the Southern border, where crossings are at close to a 50 year low. I am referring to our Northern border, the Arctic Sea, where the US has only one heavy icebreaker, the [USCGC _Polar Star_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Polar_Star_(WAGB-10)), which at 42-year-old is just barely holding on. On her most recent mission, the [_Polar Star_ broke down repeatedly](http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/18385/only-u-s-heavy-icebreaker-is-falling-apart-on-antarctic-mission). The Coast Guard also operates a medium icebreaker and a research vessel with light ice-breaking capability. Now, Homeland Security has stripped $750 million in funding to build one new heavy icebreaker from its most recent budget proposal, allocating it instead to the proposed border wall. [Continue reading →](http://www.oldsaltblog.com/2018/08/will-new-uscg-icebreaker-be-torpedoed-by-the-border-wall/#more-50223) ---
**Author:** ![captainbrad](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/captainbrad/32/3014_2.png) [@captainbrad](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/captainbrad)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 12:37am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/old-salt-blog-will-new-uscg-icebreaker-be-torpedoed-by-the-border-wall/48850/2 "2018-08-13T00:37:31Z")
What about USCGC Healy? ---
**Author:** ![Chief\_Seadog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/67e7ee/32.png) [@Chief\_Seadog](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Chief_Seadog)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 3:25am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/old-salt-blog-will-new-uscg-icebreaker-be-torpedoed-by-the-border-wall/48850/3 "2018-08-13T03:25:13Z")
The Healy is classified as a medium icebreaker. ---
**Author:** ![Emrobu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/emrobu/32/6696_2.png) [@Emrobu](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Emrobu)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 3:56am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/old-salt-blog-will-new-uscg-icebreaker-be-torpedoed-by-the-border-wall/48850/4 "2018-08-13T03:56:13Z")
> [@Kennebec\_Captain](#): > > our Northern border, the Arctic Sea, where the US has only one heavy icebreaker, the [USCGC _Polar Star_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Polar_Star_(WAGB-10)), which at 42-year-old is just barely holding on. Preach. ---
**Author:** ![captainbrad](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/captainbrad/32/3014_2.png) [@captainbrad](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/captainbrad)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 3:56am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/old-salt-blog-will-new-uscg-icebreaker-be-torpedoed-by-the-border-wall/48850/5 "2018-08-13T03:56:44Z")
All in the ice ramming capabilities! ![27-AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/2X/9/9c1731a91962e9b972d365fceec546d6f71c77f0.png) ---
**Author:** ![Kennebec\_Captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/kennebec_captain/32/13_2.png) [@Kennebec\_Captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Kennebec_Captain)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/old-salt-blog-will-new-uscg-icebreaker-be-torpedoed-by-the-border-wall/48850/6 "2019-02-20T21:47:27Z")
100 posts were split to a new topic: [Torpedoed by the border wall](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/torpedoed-by-the-border-wall/50694) ---
**Author:** ![Emrobu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/emrobu/32/6696_2.png) [@Emrobu](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Emrobu)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2019, 12:08am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/old-salt-blog-will-new-uscg-icebreaker-be-torpedoed-by-the-border-wall/48850/14 "2019-02-16T00:08:14Z")
I saw an anti-trudeau ad that was using scary anti-immigration rhetoric that so much reminded me of the tone you hear some Americans taking. I don’t know who I’m going to vote for, but I really don’t want to vote for who-ever paid for that ad. I clicked it away in horror before I saw who ran it, though. I’d much rather have asylum seekers than rhetorical tone like that from my govt. Keep that crap in the movies where it belongs. ---
**Author:** ![Kennebec\_Captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/kennebec_captain/32/13_2.png) [@Kennebec\_Captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Kennebec_Captain)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 12:39pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/old-salt-blog-will-new-uscg-icebreaker-be-torpedoed-by-the-border-wall/48850/46 "2019-02-18T12:39:13Z")
A post was split to a new topic: [Spending bill funds Polar Security Cutter - Marine Log](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/spending-bill-funds-polar-security-cutter-marine-log/50664) ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Shore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Lee\_Shore](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Lee_Shore)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 12:26pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/old-salt-blog-will-new-uscg-icebreaker-be-torpedoed-by-the-border-wall/48850/51 "2019-02-18T12:26:49Z")
California’s response to illegal border crossing on busy San Diego freeway. Problem? What problem? ![svg](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/2X/2/24bae65a6597f0f03031680a64cbacf9eb6e3403.png) ---
**Author:** ![Kennebec\_Captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/kennebec_captain/32/13_2.png) [@Kennebec\_Captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Kennebec_Captain)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/old-salt-blog-will-new-uscg-icebreaker-be-torpedoed-by-the-border-wall/48850/56 "2019-02-20T21:47:41Z")