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When commissioned May 27, 1955, Glacier was the free world’s largest and most powerful icebreaker, designed to break ice up to 20 feet thick, and considered a prototype in icebreaker construction. The ship, named for Glacier Bay off the Alaskan coast, was built for the U.S. Navy by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation of Pascagoula, Mississippi and launched August 27, 1954.

US Coast Guard Cutter Glacier WAGB-4 as she looks in the Susuin Bay Reserve Fleet 10/01/2011

GLACIER SOCIETY RESTORATION LOG 73 July 8, 2012
On July 1, 2012 we sent our final appeal to save the GLACIER to MARAD, Congress, USCG, and other interested parties requesting a stay of execution and time to negotiate. We offered the mooring plan completed by Licensed Engineers and a One Million dollar pledge if we had more time. Silence was the reply.
MARAD ordered ESCO to commence scrapping on Monday July 2, 2012.
MARAD did hold out the prospect of donating us another ship as a replacement for the GLACIER. We await learning what ship that might be, and we await your advice, especially those in Miami that were anticipating the addition of
a museum ship in the Notch.
We are deeply saddened by the GLACIER loss, but
I am reminded of the words of Col. Norman Vaughn:
"Dream big and dare to fail!"
Thank you everyone!
The Hundreds who worked physically on the ship!
The Thousands who supported our cause!
Your kind donations will further benefit the other initiatives of The Glacier Society.
Ben Koether
Chairman


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