The scheduled ceremony corresponded with the largest deployment ever of Chinese research vessels to the Arctic.

The USCGC Storis will help bridge the gap between the service’s two older icebreakers and new ships scheduled to begin ...

Coast Guard officials say it will likely be a few more years before the ship is officially homeported in Juneau, bringing an estimated 190 Coast Guard personnel and their families.

U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan gestures toward the crew of the Coast Guard icebreaker Storis during the ship’s commissioning ceremony on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025, in Juneau, Alaska.

The Storis is the first new polar icebreaker added to the U.S. Coast Guard fleet in more than 25 years. For Alaska, this is ...