On April 23, 2019, the Coast Guard awarded a contract to VT Halter Marine to build the first of a class of new heavy polar icebreakers, called the Polar Security Cutter (PSC). The service plans to ...

The Coast Guard gets its first new polar icebreaker in more than 25 years. The Coast Guard has accepted its first new polar icebreaker in more than 25 years, but it’s not really new. The 12,900-ton, ...

The family of a crewmember aboard USCGC Polar Star (WAGB 10) wave from the pier at Base Seattle, Nov. 26, 2019. The Polar Star crew departed its homeport for a deployment that will last several months ...

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Storis (WAGB 21) remains moored during the Storis commissioning ceremony at Juneau, Alaska, August 10, 2025. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Carmen Caver) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. Coast Guard's only heavy icebreaker, the USCGC Polar Star, transits through pack ice in the Southern Ocean, December 2022 ...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- American shipbuilder, Davie Defense, has been awarded a contract from the United States Coast Guard (USCG) to build five Arctic Security Cutters (ASCs), a new ...

SEATTLE — The only U.S. vessel capable of breaking a navigable channel through ice up to 21 feet thick departed Seattle on Wednesday for its annual Antarctic deployment, the Coast Guard said. The U.S.

Bollinger Shipyards has finalized a $2.1 billion contract with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security — first announced last fall — to produce four new Arctic Security Cutters for the U.S. Coast ...

Two of Louisiana's largest shipbuilders, Bollinger Shipyards and Edison Chouest Offshore, have joined forces to compete for a piece of the U.S. Coast Guard's expected $22 billion program to enhance ...