Maryland icebreaker J. Millard Tawes provides delivery of emergency supplies and US Mail to Tangier Island, Virginia

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The crucial mission helped deliver food, fuel, mail, medications and other essential items to the island, which like nearby Smith Island, Maryland is only accessible by water
The crucial mission helped deliver food, fuel, mail, medications and other essential items to the island, which like nearby Smith Island, Maryland is only accessible by water
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Ice breaking opened up both harbors at Tangier Island and at Crisfield allowing watermen to get out to work.
Tangier Island
The pilothouse on the J Millard Tawes, a Maryland buoy-tender used for ice-breaking on the Chesapeake Bay and shipping channels.
Watermen follow the path of the broken ice in port at Crisfield to get to open waters.
The frozen over harbor at Tangier Island with ice around ten inches thick. Photos MD DNR
Tangier Island icebreaking cracked through ten inches of ice to open way to Crisfield for supply boats courtesy of Maryland buoy tender J. Millard Tawes. DNR photo
The J. Millard Tawes, named for the Governor of Maryland who served from 1958 to 1966, unloads US Mail and emergency medicene and supplies at Tangier Island, Va., which was cut off by ten inches of ice. MD DNR photos
Tangier Island, Va., dockside.
Serious ice conditions closed most all ports for days in January of 2018. The Tawes breaks open a path from Crisfield, Maryland to Tangier Island, Virginia.
The large crane on the ship loads supplies dockside in Crisfield harbor.
Winter at Crisfield includes thick ice in the harbor.

Maryland icebreaker J. Millard Tawes provides delivery of emergency supplies and US Mail to Tangier Island, Virginia

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources buoy-tender M/V J. Millard Tawes conducted emergency icebreaking operations to Tangier Island, Virginia, answering a call for help from our neighboring state. The crucial mission helped deliver food, fuel, mail, medications and other essential items to the island, which like nearby Smith Island, Maryland is only accessible by water. The Tawes sailed from Crisfield Thursday morning following a request coordinated through the Maryland Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. Coast Guard.