The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Storis is shown here underway, June 3, 2025, from Pascagoula, Mississippi. The Storis is the Coast Guard’s first new polar icebreaker acquisition in 25 years and will ...

The vessel, USCGC Storis, will expand U.S. presence in the Arctic, the Coast Guard said on Wednesday, adding that the nation's third polar icebreaker will support national security. Why It Matters ...

The Coast Guard’s new commercial icebreaker is enroute to the West Coast ahead of its August commissioning in Alaska, marking a milestone in the effort to rebuild U.S. defenses in the Arctic Region.

The Coast Guard's newest icebreaker, pictured on Dec. 5, is to be commissioned the Storis, a nod to the medium endurance cutter and light icebreaker Storis which, when it was decommissioned in ...

Currently, the Coast Guard has two operational polar icebreakers, the 399-foot, 13,000-ton heavy icebreaker USCGC Polar Sea (WAGB 11), commissioned in 1976, and the 420-foot, 16,000-ton medium ...

PASCAGOULA, Mississippi – The US Coast Guard Cutter Storis (WAGB 21), the Coast Guard's first polar icebreaker acquired in more than 25 years, depart. Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT.

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Storis (WAGB 21), the Coast Guard’s first polar icebreaker acquired in more than 25 years, has departed on its maiden voyage. The motor vessel Aiviq, acquired Dec. 20 ...

The U.S. Coast Guard's only heavy icebreaker, the USCGC Polar Star, transits through pack ice in the Southern Ocean, December 2022. (PO3 Aidan Cooney/Coast Guard) Full production of a new polar ...

The Storis icebreaker set out on its maiden journey for Juneau on Tuesday with plans to commission it here in August, but it won’t be homeporting here until the necessary shore infrastructure is ...

The Coast Guard Cutter Storis, formerly a commercial tow supply vessel, left last week from Pascagoula, Miss., setting sail on its maiden voyage, the service said June 4.

To compensate for a dearth of existing icebreakers, the service in December purchased a commercially available light polar icebreaker — which was renamed the USCGC Storis — that became the ...