The Pentagon has been warning since 2022 that the US desperately needed more icebreaker ships. The United States Coast Guard commissioned a vessel last weekend that could be crucial to US military ...

The U.S. Coast Guard announced Tuesday that it has awarded a $137 million contract for the first phase of a project intended to allow its Seattle base to host two new heavy icebreakers. The contract, ...

Ahead of a planned boost in icebreaker programs, the Coast Guard has commissioned its first major icebreaker since 1999. Medium icebreaker USCGC Storis (WAGB-21) was commissioned Saturday in a ...

For the first time in more than 10 years, the United States Coast Guard has two polar icebreakers operating in the Arctic Ocean at the same time. According to vessel tracking data, the Coast Guard ...

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 ...

SEATTLE — The U.S. Coast Guard announced Wednesday that it will spend up to $137 million to modernize its Base Seattle to homeport new, larger Polar Security Cutters that will serve in the Arctic and ...

The U.S. Coast Guard commissioned its first oceangoing icebreaker in 25 years on Saturday, a former commercial vessel that will now project national security interests for the country, as well as ...

The Coast Guard has commissioned a converted oil drilling support ship as its third icebreaker in what some officials said is a move to increase U.S. presence in the Arctic region while the service ...

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 ...