STRIPES (Gary Warner) - Coast Guard reports icebreaker breakdown near Seattle | Stars and Stripes
Healy suffered a major “engineering casualty.” The incident is under investigation, and there was no estimate on how long it would be out of service.
STRIPES (Gary Warner) - Multinational production begins on Coast Guard’s new Arctic Security Cutters | Stars and Stripes
The U.S. Coast Guard gave shipyards in Louisiana and Finland the green light to start work on the first six new icebreaking Arctic Security Cutters.
STRIPES - Coast Guard names homeports for 3 new icebreaker cutters in Alaska | Stars and Stripes
The Coast Guard’s first two Arctic Security Cutters will be homeported in Kodiak, Alaska.
WAR (U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area) - Coast Guard's Newest Polar Icebreaker Returns Home Following Arctic Deployment
The Coast Guard cutter Storis completed a 36-day Bering Sea deployment to test its capabilities and train for high-risk Arctic missions.
STRIPES (Gary Warner) - Coast Guard says icebreaker cutters due for delivery in 2028 will be homeported in Alaska | Stars and Stripes
Currently, the three certified icebreakers operated by the Coast Guard are all homeported at Coast Guard Base Seattle in Washington.
STRIPES (Gary Warner) - Coast Guard’s most powerful icebreaker arrives home after more than 4-month deployment to Antarctica | Stars and Stripes
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star deployed from Seattle in November on the 146-day mission supporting Operation Deep Freeze.
JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - Texas now building icebreakers for border security operations in the Arctic
The new projects in Galveston and Port Arthur make Texas operations “ground-zero for the revitalization of the American shipbuilding industry,” Abbott said. “
WAR (Courtesy Story, U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area) - Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star Marks 50 Years of Service, Begins Operation Deep Freeze
The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Polar Star began icebreaking operations in the Southern Ocean in support of Operation Deep Freeze 26 and marked its 50th year of commissioned service by freeing and escorting a cruise ship trapped in a pack of ice.