Icebreakers (Ships)

URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85063978
- info:lc/authorities/sh85063978
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85063978#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Ice-breakers (Ships)
- Ice-breaking vessels
- Icebreaking boats
- Icebreaking ships
- Icebreaking vessels
Broader Terms
- Government vessels
- Ships
Narrower Terms
- Nuclear icebreakers
Related Terms
- Ice breaking operations
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://stitch.cs.vu.nl/vocabularies/rameau/ark:/12148/cb12535657r
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://d-nb.info/gnd/4131348-3
Earlier Established Forms
- Ice-breaking vessels
Sources
- found: Merriam Webster online dictionary (icebreaker; first entered, 1875; a ship equipped (as with a reinforced bow) to make and maintain a channel through ice)
- found: Gentile, Gary, Nautical cyclopedia, 1995 (usage: icebreaker)
- found: Aak to Zumbra, a dictionary of the world's watercraft, c2000 (usage, ice breaker)
- found: Wikipedia, July 28, 2008: icebreaker article (An icebreaker is a special purpose ship or boat designed to move and navigate through ice-covered waters. Although the term usually refers to icebreaking ships, it can also refer to smaller vessels (e.g., icebreaking boats))
LC Classification
- VM451
Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 2008-08-29: revised

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