The U.S. Coast Guard doesn't have the Navy's heavily armed warships, but during the Cold War some Coast Guard ships were ...

The 420' medium icebreaker Healy, built in 1997, is one of two remaining ice cutters in the Coast Guard's Arctic force. Coast ...

The U.S. Coast Guard’s quest to buy a new fleet of icebreakers has drawn interest from both domestic and international ...

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) and crew recently returned to the United States, arriving in San Francisco ...

The negotiations do not guarantee a deal and the US Coast Guard has approached several shipyards around the world.

The Coast Guard has issued a call to domestic and international shipbuilders to quickly build a new class of icebreaker, ...

“It really depends where America puts its priority – if it’s on schedule, then Finland is probably the right answer. If they ...

The Japanese icebreaker ... the 3,100-ton Japan Coast Guard vessel saved countless lives in icy waters and traveled the rough equivalent of 48 times around the world. The ship made mincemeat ...

Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan.