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Coast Guard Commissions First New Icebreaker Since the 1990s
« on: August 12, 2025, 04:22:52 pm »
Coast Guard Commissions First New Icebreaker Since the 1990s
Sam LaGrone
August 11, 2025 5:30 PM

USCGC Storis (WAGB-21) moored at Juneau, Alaska, Aug. 10, 2025. US Coast Guard photo
Ahead of a planned boost in icebreaker programs, the Coast Guard has commissioned its first major icebreaker since 1999.

Medium icebreaker USCGC Storis (WAGB-21) was commissioned Saturday in a ceremony in Juneau, Alaska, according to a statement from the service.

“Storis adds vital capability to the U.S. polar icebreaker fleet at a critical time when our adversaries are expanding their activities in and near U.S. waters,” Coast Guard commandant Adm. Kevin Lunday said during the pierside commissioning ceremony.

The addition of the new cutter will bring the Coast Guard’s icebreaker inventory up to three. Storis joins medium USCGC Healy (WAGB-20) and the only U.S. polar icebreaker USCGC Polar Star (WAGB-10). Healy is largely responsible for the Coast Guard’s Arctic missions while Polar Star has the annual task of breaking out the U.S. McMurdo Station in Antarctica. Storis will be focused on the Arctic mission, according to the Coast Guard.

https://news.usni.org/2025/08/11/coast-guard-commissions-first-new-icebreaker-since-the-1990s
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Re: Coast Guard Commissions First New Icebreaker Since the 1990s
« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2025, 04:24:36 pm »
It probably took so long because they were super careful making sure it was eco-friendly. :whistle:
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Re: Coast Guard Commissions First New Icebreaker Since the 1990s
« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2025, 05:19:32 pm »
Will the Coast Guard offer tourist trips to the North Pole, like you can take on a Russian icebreaker...?
https://www.56thparallel.com/russia-tours/north-pole-cruise/#group-12


They're not cheap though.
Looks like they start at around $32k ...
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Re: Coast Guard Commissions First New Icebreaker Since the 1990s
« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2025, 05:37:43 pm »
This is a BS headline - the ship is the Aiviq which started out as a light duty oil field icebreaker and after changing hands was renamed by the USCGC as the Storis, a weak excuse of a ship which is conventionally powered - and can only break ice 3.3 feet thick at 5 knots [ the average Russian breaker does 9 feet at 2.2 knots continuously ].

The Us has no operational heavy icebreaker, and the US will soon be over taken by China of all countries which will have more ships.

BTW: Renaming a documented ship is bad luck according to sea lore
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Re: Coast Guard Commissions First New Icebreaker Since the 1990s
« Reply #4 on: August 12, 2025, 07:45:42 pm »
Quote from: BobfromWB on August 12, 2025, 05:37:43 pm
This is a BS headline - the ship is the Aiviq which started out as a light duty oil field icebreaker and after changing hands was renamed by the USCGC as the Storis, a weak excuse of a ship which is conventionally powered - and can only break ice 3.3 feet thick at 5 knots [ the average Russian breaker does 9 feet at 2.2 knots continuously ].

The Us has no operational heavy icebreaker, and the US will soon be over taken by China of all countries which will have more ships.

BTW: Renaming a documented ship is bad luck according to sea lore

Yep, on all counts.
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