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The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Storis (WAGB 21), the Coast Guard’s first polar icebreaker acquired in more than 25 years, has ...
Cutter Storis (WAGB 21), the service's first polar icebreaker acquired in more than 25 years, departed on its maiden voyage ...
On Thursday, the crew aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) returned home after completing a 73-day Arctic deployment that began on Oct. 1. Healy (WAGB 20) is a 420-foot polar ...
The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Storis (WAGB 21) has departed on its first operational deployment. The cutter is the agency’s ...
An undated photo of USCGC Healy (WAGB – 20). US Coast Guard Photo The Coast Guard is in the midst of an analysis of alternatives and an affordability assessment. After those documents are ...
The USCGC Healy (WAGB-20) is the United States' newest and most capable polar icebreaker. Thanks to its diesel-electric propulsion system, this ship is able to break through 51/2 feet of ice at 2. ...
The need for new icebreakers is not new. At the moment, the Coast Guard has one medium icebreaker, USCGC Healy (WAGB-20), and one aging heavy, USCGC Polar Star (WAGB-10), able to support U.S ...
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) is assisted by two tugboats as it departs Seattle, July 11, 2023. The cutter is slated to embark upon a several-month mission that will take the crew to the ...
Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) and crew conduct formation steaming exercises with Candian Coast Guard Ship Sir Wilfrid Laurier and crew in the Beaufort Sea, July 28, 2023. The crew conducted a ...
and medium icebreaker USCGC Healy (WAGB-20) that was commissioned in 1999. The new icebreaker has not been named. Britneé Davis is the Growth Producer for McClatchy’s South Region. The region ...
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Storis (WAGB 21), the Coast Guard’s first polar icebreaker acquired in more than 25 years, departed on its maiden voyage to safeguard U.S. sovereign interests in the Arctic ...