US EditionCoast Guard Awards Contracts To Build Arctic Security Cutters
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Coast Guard Awards Contracts To Build Arctic Security Cutters
Homeported in Seattle, Washington, US Coast Guard Cutter POLAR STAR (WAGB 10) is the United States’ only heavy icebreaker. Commissioned in 1976, she was built by Lockheed Shipbuilding along with her now decommissioned sister ship, POLAR SEA (WAGB 11). Three aviation-grade gas turbine engines provide USCGC POLAR STAR with up to 75,000 horsepower, making her the most powerful ship in the US Coast Guard. Each year, POLAR STAR travels to McMurdo Sta…
Bollinger Shipyards Signs Contract to Build Four U.S. Coast Guard Arctic Security Cutters
Construction of ASCs at Bollinger’s Gulf Coast shipbuilding facilities promotes the rapid onshoring of icebreaking technology and swift deployment of these new critical vessels to the fleet. Release From Bollinger Shipyards LOCKPORT, La. — (December 29, 2025) – Bollinger Shipyards (“Bollinger”) today announced it has signed a contract with the U.S. Coast Guard for the construction of four Arctic Security Cutters (ASCs), a new class of medium p…
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