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

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

The Coast Guard cutter Storis is underway. That might sound familiar to old-timers who recall the former “Galloping Ghost of the Alaska Coast” that served the Coast Guard for nearly 65 years before ...

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, departed on its maiden voyage to safeguard U.S. sovereign interests in the Arctic ...

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

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

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

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

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

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