Icebreakers provide assured United States access and presence to the polar regions, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

The Coast Guard’s new commercial icebreaker is enroute to the West Coast ahead of its August commissioning in Alaska, marking ...

The Storis icebreaker set out on its maiden journey for Juneau on Tuesday with plans to commission it here in August, but it ...

U.S. icebreakers serve to clear passages through icy waterways. Their reinforced hulls are designed to break apart the ice, ...

Storis is commanded by Capt. Keith M. Ropella who currently serves as chief of cutter forces at Coast Guard Headquarters in ...

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Storis (WAGB 21), the Coast Guard’s first polar icebreaker acquired in more than 25 years, has ...

The cutter Storis is expected to arrive in Juneau this August, but it will leave again to be temporarily berthed in Seattle.

PASCAGOULA, Mississippi – The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Storis (WAGB 21), the Coast Guard’s first polar icebreaker acquired in ...

The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Storis (WAGB 21) has departed on its first operational deployment. The cutter is the agency’s ...

The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Storis (WAGB 21), the Coast Guard’s first polar icebreaker acquired in more than 25 years, ...

To fill the gap until the new icebreakers are built, the U.S. purchased a second medium icebreaker, the USCGC Storis, for $125 million in December. It is expected to enter service next year.