SEATTLE — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Storis (WAGB 21), the service’s newest commissioned icebreaker, arrived in Seattle Friday after completing its 112-day inaugural patrol. Storis departed Pascagoula, Mississippi, June 1, transited the Panama Canal and the Pacific Ocean enroute to conduct its first Arctic patrol operating north of the Bering Strait to control, secure, and defend […]
[content id=”79272″] WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard officially commissioned the USCGC Storis (WAGB 21) in Juneau, Alaska. The commissioning of this polar icebreaker marks a crucial step in President Trump’s directive to rebuild the Coast Guard, which will include historic investments through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. This vessel is the Coast Guard’s first polar […]
JUNEAU, ALASKA—Sunday, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Admiral Kevin Lunday, acting commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), participated in the commissioning ceremony of the United States Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC) Storis in Juneau, America’s first new icebreaker in a generation. Senator Sullivan has long championed the effort to build new American icebreakers and […]
[content id=”79272″] JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard is scheduled to hold a commissioning ceremony for Coast Guard Cutter Storis, the service’s first new icebreaker in 25 years, Sunday. WHO: Adm. Kevin Lunday, acting Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard. WHAT: Commissioning ceremony for Coast Guard Cutter Storis and a media availability with Adm. Kevin Lunday. WHEN: Sunday, Aug. […]