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Designed to conduct a wide range of research activities, ''Healy'' provides more than {{convert|4200|sqft|m2|-1}} of scientific laboratory space, numerous electronic sensor systems, [[Oceanography|oceanographic]] [[Winch|winches]], and accommodations for up to 50 scientists. ''Healy'' is also designed to break {{convert|4.5|ft|abbr=on}} of ice continuously at {{convert|3|kn|lk=in}} or ice {{convert|10|ft|abbr=on}} thick when backing and ramming, and can operate in temperatures as low as {{convert|−50|F|C}}.
As a Coast Guard cutter, ''Healy'' is also a platform for supporting other potential missions in the polar regions, including: [[search and rescue]], ship escort, [[environmental protection]], and [[law enforcement]].<ref>{{Cite web |title = USCGC HEALY |url = https://www.pacificarea.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Cutters/cgcHealy/ |access-date = 2024-02-22 |website = uscg.mil }}</ref>
==Notable operations==
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==Dive mishap==
On 17 August 2006, [[Lieutenant (navy)|Lieutenant]] Jessica Hill and [[Petty officer second class|PO2]] Stephen Duque, died of unspecified causes during diving operations in the Arctic Ocean. The Coast Guard conducted simultaneous safety and administrative investigations the results of which were made public in January 2007<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.uscg.mil/foia/healy/comdt_statement_12_jan.pdf |title = USCG Commandant's Statement |author-link = Thad W. Allen |last = Allen |first = Thad W. |date = 12 January 2007 |access-date = 2012-12-20 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120926015700/http://www.uscg.mil/foia/healy/comdt_statement_12_jan.pdf |archive-date = 26 September 2012 |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.uscg.mil/foia/healy/healy_fam.pdf |title = Final Action Memorandum |author-link = Thad W. Allen |last = Allen |first = Thad W. |date = 10 January 2007 |access-date = 2012-12-20 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120926015922/http://www.uscg.mil/foia/healy/healy_fam.pdf |archive-date = 26 September 2012 |url-status = live }}</ref> along with a Final Decision Letter dated 23 August 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.uscg.mil/foia/Healy/HealyFDL.pdf |title = Final Decision Letter |author-link = Robert J. Papp
Initial press reports indicated that the divers were conducting an inspection of the rudder - a routine operation - at the time of the accident, but later reports stated that the two were doing a cold-water training dive near the bow of the ship. The dive was reported to have been planned for a maximum depth of {{convert|20|ft|m|0}}. Lieutenant Hill's father, citing autopsy reports, has indicated that his daughter actually reached a depth of near {{convert|200|ft}} in what he described as an out of control descent. The divers were tended by unqualified and poorly-instructed personnel on the surface, none of whom were familiar with cold water diving or scuba diving in general.<ref>
{{cite news |url = http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/01/ndeadlydiveweb070112/ |title = CG report cites multiple failures in diving deaths |first = Patricia |last = Kime |work = [[Navy Times]] |date = 12 January 2007 |access-date = 2012-12-20 }}</ref> It is not clear why they extended so much line to the divers. By the time the two could be pulled to the surface, gas reserves were empty and neither diver could be revived.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=2674389 |title = 200-Foot Plunge Killed Coast Guard Divers |first = Neal |last = Karlinsky |date = 22 November 2006 |work = [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |access-date = 2007-10-20 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070310152144/https://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=2674389 |archive-date = 10 March 2007 |url-status = live }}</ref>
On 30 August, Commanding Officer [[Captain (United States O-6)|Captain]] Douglas G. Russell, was temporarily relieved of command by Vice Admiral Charles Wuster, citing a "loss of confidence" in Russell's ability to command.<ref>
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