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Icebreaker had to be towed back to port
The 'Healy' suffered a significant engineering casualty during post-refit sea trials off the Washington coast before being towed back to Seattle on July 13, 2026, for an investigation and major repairs. The incident occurred, while the icebreaker was operating northwest of Port Angeles. The tug 'Marshall Foss' took the ship in tow and safely pulled it to its homeport in Seattle for investigations and repairs. The 'Healy' had been conducting high-speed sea trials the days before, reaching speeds exceeding 20 knots west of Port Angeles before abruptly slowing to about twi knots and ceasing forward progress. The vessel was subsequently assisted by the 'Marshall Foss' outside Air Station Port Angeles.
Russian ship following path of US Coast Guard Cutter
A few days after the CG 'Healy' entered the East Siberian Sea after leaving Kodiak on Aug 27, 2023, and sailed in proximity to Russia’s Northern Sea Route (NSR) as part of a month-long science expedition to service oceanographic equipment, the government-owned 'Akademik Nemchinov' left the port of Pevek on the shore of the East Siberian Sea on Sep 1 and headed towards the 'Healy'’s position. Experts surmised that the 'Akademik Nemchinov' was navigating into the 'Healy'’s path to keep an eye on it. As a state vessel, the 'Healy' is not subject to requiring authorisation for transit on the NSR and even the Russian requirements for commercial vessels to obtain a permit to travel along the route are not based on international law. Under international law of the UN Convention on the Law of the 'Healy' would be permitted to transit the route without prior authorization from Russia, as other state vessels have done in the past. A separate issue would be a transit using the international straits between the various islands of the East Siberian Sea and elsewhere along the NSR. Russia describes these areas as internal waters and recently passed a law against their use by military vessels. Their use by a US state ship would signify a Freedom of Navigation Operation (FONOP) as the US regularly carries out e.g. in the Taiwan Straits.
Fire ends Arctic deployment
The 'Healy (WAGB-20)' suffered a fire in one of the ship’s main engines on Aug 18, 2020, 60 nautical miles off Seward, Alaska, en route to the Arctic. The electrical fire was reported at 9:30 p.m. A fire team disconnected the affected motor, and the fire was confirmed extinguished by 9:56 p.m. The cause of the fire was currently unknown. Due to the fire, Healy’s starboard propulsion and shaft were no longer operational, and the ship was transiting back to its homeport in Seattle for further inspections and repairs. Prior to the fire, the 'Healy' completed a 26-day patrol in support of Operation Arctic Shield along the U.S.-Russian Maritime Boundary Line, and in the Arctic. On Aug. 15, the 'Healy' was in Seward and embarked 11 scientists before departing on Aug. 18 to conduct science operations in the Arctic. As a result of the fire, all Arctic operations have been cancelled.
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