A legacy of excellence, 50 years in the making. USCGC Polar Star (WAGB 10), the nation’s only heavy polar icebreaker, celebrates its 50th birthday while on its way to Antarctica for Operation Deep Freeze 2026. On January 17th, 1976, USCGC Polar Star was commissioned – measuring 399 feet long, weighing 13,500 tons with a 34-foot draft, constructed to break thick polar ice to support to support scientific research with Operation Deep Freeze. USCGC Polar Sea’s 50 years has been full of operational

The USCGC Polar Star responded to a request for assistance from an Australian-owned cruise ship, Scenic Eclipse II, which found itself stuck in the Ross Sea, Antarctica on Saturday 17 January. "Icebreaker" ships free other vessels by ramming the ice to fracture it, loosening a path for the stuck boat to escape. Click the link in bio for more 🔗 | The Independent

5th Cutter up is USCGC Kukui -CS1 Tim Hunter, CS3 Holly Barbarino, CS3 Wesley Farris and CS1 Caithryn Tierni. Rear Admiral Dean D17 Commander and @acf_chefs President Rene Marquis joined us to judge the Sausage and Gravy competition for the BTR! Time for the Alaska Bouy Tender Round Up! With Culinary Specialist from the Aspen, Cypress, Henry Blake, Kukui, and Elm! This will be a great week of competition, training, formal buffets, plated meals and a salmon bake.USCGC Cypress - CS3 Daniel Huffman

The crew of the USCGC BRIDLE, a 65-foot Small Harbor Tug, have kicked off their ice breaking season on the Penobscot River in Maine. The winter's cold temperatures impact every port, waterway, and harbor in the Northeast. To meet the many demands placed on them by the maritime community, icebreaking assets will be fully engaged throughout the Northeast. #opRENEW Video by: BMC Einar Mattson | U.S. Coast Guard Northeast

336K views · 8.3K reactions | For the first time anywhere in the country, Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum will display all three aircraft - the Zero, Kate and Val - used by the Japanese Navy to attack Pearl Harbor and other strategic sites across Oahu. The opportunity to acquire a Val Dive Bomber solidifies our WWII aviation battlefield story. | Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum | Facebook