Coast Guard Adds 1st Polar Icebreaker to Fleet in 25 Years

Coast Guard Adds 1st Polar Icebreaker to Fleet in 25 Years

The Coast Guard has officially welcomed its first polar icebreaker in more than 25 years – the recently acquired Aiviq, a commercial vessel that’s being renamed CGC Storis, the Guard said Dec. 23. Storis, which means “great ice” in Scandinavia, is a nod to the original CGC (Coast Guard Cutter) Storis, a legendary light icebreaker and medium endurance cutter commissioned in 1942 that patrolled for submarines and ran convoys during World War II and led the first American transit of the Northwest Passage. In 1948, the original Storis was moved to Alaska where she conducted law enforcement, search and rescue,…
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