Coast Guard divers braved the Antarctic to repair a leaking ship. Footage shows petty officers Chuck Fox and Corey Smith ...
The Coast Guard operates just two icebreakers — the 48-year-old heavy icebreaker Polar Star, and the 27-year ... called Polar Security Cutters, six years behind schedule.
The Coast Guard’s operational polar icebreaking fleet currently includes one heavy icebreaker, the 399-foot Coast Guard cutter Polar Star, commissioned in 1976, and one medium icebreaker, the 420-foot ...
The Coast Guard Cutter Healy breaks ice in the Nome Harbor ... just two icebreakers — the 48-year-old heavy icebreaker Polar Star, and the 27-year-old medium icebreaker Healy.
“The Coast Guard, our nation’s primary operator in the Arctic, is reliant on just one aging heavy icebreaker, the Polar Star, which is ... s first Polar Security Cutter is starting this ...
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (WLOX) - The U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Navy received approval for the construction of the first Polar Security Cutter. It will be built at Bollinger Mississippi Shipbuilding ...
“We are reviewing the progress — or lack thereof — of the Coast Guard’s Polar Security Cutter program and discussing ... the Polar Star, which is already well past its intended service ...
The U.S. Coast Guard currently operates one heavy icebreaker, the 399-foot Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, commissioned in 1976, and one medium-sized icebreaker, the 420-foot Coast Guard Cutter Healy, ...
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) is underway in the Chukchi Sea, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020, at about 10:30 a.m. U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Cynthia Oldham. CHUKCHI ...
the 399-foot Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, commissioned in 1976, and one medium icebreaker, the 420-foot Coast Guard Cutter Healy, commissioned in 1999. The service recently acquired a ...