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Coast Guard icebreaker departs for months-long Arctic deployment, circumnavigation of North America

By Pacific Area online newsroom on Jul 17, 2021   At Sea, Featured, General News, U.S. Coast Guard-Alaska  

Coast Guard icebreaker departs for months-long Arctic deployment, circumnavigation  of North America

SEATTLE — The Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) departed Seattle on Saturday, July 10, for a months-long Arctic deployment and circumnavigation of North America.  The crew aboard Healy, a 420’ medium icebreaker, will provide U.S. surface presence in the Arctic, conduct high latitude science and research missions, engage in exercises and professional exchanges with […]

Coast Guard Cutter Stratton returns home following 105-day deployment

By Pacific Area online newsroom on Jun 14, 2021   At Sea, Featured, General News, U.S. Coast Guard-Alaska  

Coast Guard Cutter Stratton returns home following 105-day deployment

ALAMEDA, Calif. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752) returned to their homeport Friday following a combined 105-day deployment to Alaska and their biannual shipboard training off the coast of San Diego. Stratton’s crew, along with an embarked MH-65 helicopter aircrew from Air Station Kodiak, patrolled the Bering Sea up to the […]

Coast Guard decommissions service’s final high endurance cutter

By Pacific Area online newsroom on Apr 29, 2021   At Sea, Southcentral, State, U.S. Coast Guard-Alaska  

Coast Guard decommissions service’s final high endurance cutter

KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Munro (WHEC 724) was decommissioned during a ceremony Saturday at Coast Guard Base Kodiak and presided over by Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz. The Douglas Munro was the Coast Guard’s last remaining 378-foot Hamilton-class high endurance cutter. The fleet of high endurance cutters is being replaced […]

Nation’s Sole Heavy Icebreaker to Deploy to the Arctic This Winter

By Pacific Area online newsroom on Oct 29, 2020   At Sea, Featured, State  

Nation’s Sole Heavy Icebreaker to Deploy to the Arctic This Winter

  ALAMEDA, Calif. — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB-10) will deploy to the Arctic this winter to help protect the nation’s maritime sovereignty and security in the region.  The United States is an Arctic nation, and the Coast Guard has served as the lead federal agency for homeland security, safety, and environmental […]

Operation North Pacific Guard 2020

By Pacific Area online newsroom on Oct 8, 2020   At Sea, Featured, General News  

Operation North Pacific Guard 2020

  The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Munro conducts a boarding of a Chinese fishing vessel The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Munro recently completed a nearly two-month patrol, traveling 12,500 miles throughout the North Pacific Ocean, supporting Operation North Pacific Guard, an annual high seas U.S. fisheries international law […]

Seattle-based U.S. Coast Guard Icebreaker Returns Home Following 3-month, 14,000 Nautical-mile Arctic Deployment

By Pacific Area online newsroom on Nov 3, 2019   At Sea, Featured  

Seattle-based U.S. Coast Guard Icebreaker Returns Home Following 3-month, 14,000 Nautical-mile Arctic Deployment

Click on images to view/download high-resolution version. SEATTLE — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) returned home Saturday to Seattle following a three-month deployment to the Arctic in support of Coast Guard operations and multiple scientific research missions sponsored by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Office of Naval Research. Healy is […]

Coast Guard Cutter Healy gets Underway for Months-Long Arctic Patrol

By Pacific Area online newsroom on Jul 29, 2019   At Sea, Featured  

Coast Guard Cutter Healy gets Underway for Months-Long Arctic Patrol

  Image: A crewmember aboard Coast Guard Cutter Healy handles a line in preparation to get underway from their pier in Seattle on July 22. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Steve Strohmaier) SEATTLE — Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB-20) departed for a months-long deployment to the Arctic Ocean on Monday. The cutter will […]



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