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The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star passes Alcatraz as the cutter transits the San Francisco Bay, April 4, 2022. Following their 147-day Antarctic deployment, the cutter will undergo annual maintenance in a Vallejo, California, dry dock. Courtesy photo by Sachiko Itagaki.

April 14, 2022

Frontline Focus: Nation’s sole heavy icebreaker returns following 147-day deployment

Nation’s sole heavy icebreaker returns following 147-day deployment; U.S., Philippine Coast Guards host maritime law enforcement forum in Guam; Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane returns home to Portsmouth, Virginia following 50-day patrol; and Coast Guard offloads $20 million in cocaine, following at-sea drug bust near Puerto Rico. 

Gunner’s mates aboard Coast Guard Cutter Spencer shoot messenger lines to a disabled fishing vessel 100 miles off the coast of New York to bring the vessel in tow. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Katharine Ingham)

Nov. 18, 2021

Frontline Focus: Crew of Coast Guard Cutter Spencer returns home after a 33-day patrol and more. 

Crew of Coast Guard Cutter Spencer returns home after a 33-day patrol; 17 mariners  rescued in two days highlights importance of preparation, partnerships; America's only heavy icebreaker departs Seattle homeport; bound for Antarctica; and Coast Guard, partner agencies investigating cause of Southern California pipeline fracture.

Official photo of Capt. Charles Ward “Tommy” Thomas, who patrolled cutters on the top of the world, on the bottom of the world, while also studying the contents of the world. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

Aug. 20, 2021

The Long Blue Line: A Coast Guard scientist, maritime war hero, and polar icebreaker skipper

Tommy Thomas patrolled cutters on the top of the world, on the bottom of the world, while also studying the contents of the world. 

The view from aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) while the cutter is at anchor in Taylor Bay, Alaska, Thursday, February 11, 2021. The 45-year-old heavy icebreaker is nearing the end of a months-long patrol to project power and support national security objectives throughout Alaskan waters and into the Arctic.

Feb. 18, 2021

'Wildly alive' aboard Polar Star

With my husband's support, I found the bravery to leave my children for 80 days at sea. I'll see them again this weekend.

Dec. 16, 2020

Congratulations to the 2020 Hopley Yeaton Award recipients

Annual awards honor excellent cutters and superior cuttermen

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