The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star returned to its home port of Seattle on Tuesday after spending nearly a year away from the city, a service news release said. The cutter’s 308 days away from home ...

The Coast Guard’s newest polar icebreaker arrived Friday in Seattle after 112 days at sea on its first patrol. The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Storis, commissioned in August, left Pascagoula, Miss., on ...

SEATTLE — After a 308-day deployment to one of the most remote regions on Earth, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star has returned home to Seattle, marking the end of its 28th voyage to Antarctica ...

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) (left) sits moored next to U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) at Coast Guard Base Seattle, Aug. 25, 2024. The Polar Star and Healy are routinely ...

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) (left) sits moored next to U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) at Coast Guard Base Seattle, Aug. 25, 2024. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Chris Butters ...

Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz, meets with the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star while in dry dock in Vallejo, Calif., on June 6, 2018. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 1st ...

Commander Merle J. Smith, Jr. became the first African American graduate of the United States Coast Guard Academy in 1966. While serving in Vietnam as a cutter commander, Smith became the first ...

The U.S. Coast Guard is turning to Finland to bolster America’s icebreaking fleet — a move driven by growing concern that the United States is falling behind global rivals in the race for Arctic ...