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U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) returns to Coast Guard Base Seattle following a 146-day Antarctic deployment in support of Operation Deep Freeze, April 13, 2026. The Polar Star is the United States' only surface asset capable of providing year-round access to both Polar Regions. It is a 399-foot heavy polar icebreaker commissioned in 1976, weighing 13,500 tons and is 84 feet wide with a 34-foot draft. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Briana Carter)

Coast Guard’s sole heavy icebreaker returns home following Antarctic deployment

Apr. 20, 2026 ·
 Press Release
SEATTLE — The crew aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) returned home to Seattle on April...
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U.S. Coast Guard crews pressed north on April 19, 2026, ensuring the safety of Apra Harbor before moving toward communities still isolated by the effects of Super Typhoon Sinlaku, launching a coordinated surge to fully reopen ports across Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and deliver resources. (

Recovery Update 3: Coast Guard crews make first port gains in CNMI, initial Rota and Tinian assessments complete

Apr. 20, 2026 ·
 Press Release
SANTA RITA, Guam — The Coast Guard Captain of the Port for Guam and the Marianas set a modified Port Heavy...
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UPDATE 3: U.S. Coast Guard, partners search for crew of missing vessel offshore Saipan

Apr. 20, 2026 ·
 Press Release
HONOLULU — The U.S. Coast Guard and partners continue to search Sunday for the missing crew of the cargo...
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U.S. Coast Guard crews pressed north on April 19, 2026, ensuring the safety of Apra Harbor before moving toward communities still isolated by the effects of Super Typhoon Sinlaku, launching a coordinated surge to fully reopen ports across Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and deliver resources.

Recovery Update 2: U.S. Coast Guard surges to CNMI as recovery push intensifies, continues support in Guam

Apr. 19, 2026 ·
 Press Release
SANTA RITA, Guam — U.S. Coast Guard crews press north Sunday toward communities still isolated by the effects...
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A U.S. Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules airplane crew assigned to Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point flies over an overturned vessel offshore Saipan, April 18, 2026. The Coast Guard and partners are searching for a 145-foot missing vessel, the Mariana, that experienced an engine failure April 15, 2026. (U.S. Coast Guard photo Courtesy Air Station Barbers Point)

UPDATE 2: U.S. Coast Guard searches for missing vessel offshore Saipan

Apr. 18, 2026 ·
 Press Release
HONOLULU — The U.S. Coast Guard continues to search for a missing cargo vessel Saturday that experienced...
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UPDATE 1: U.S. Coast Guard searches for missing vessel offshore Saipan

Apr. 18, 2026 ·
 Press Release
HONOLULU — The U.S. Coast Guard continues to search for a missing cargo vessel Friday that experienced engine...
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An HC-130 Hercules airplane crew assigned to U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point in Kapolei, Hawaii, offloads personnel and supplies at the Francisco C. Ada/Saipan International Airport in I Fadang, Saipan, April 17, 2026. Coast Guard aircrews transported personnel with FEMA, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Department of Public Health and Social Services, and the Department of War to Saipan in support of recovery efforts following Typhoon Sinlaku. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Corinne Zilnicki)

Coast Guard reopens Port of Guam, delivers aid to Saipan

Apr. 17, 2026 ·
 Press Release
SANTA RITA, Guam — The Coast Guard Captain of the Port Guam set Port Heavy Weather Condition Whiskey for the...
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The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a missing cargo vessel, the Mariana, near Saipan, April 17, 2026. The vessel, a 145-foot cargo vessel, experienced an engine failure April 15, 2026. (U.S. Coast Guard Courtesy photo)

U.S. Coast Guard searches for missing vessel offshore Saipan

Apr. 17, 2026 ·
 Press Release
HONOLULU — The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a missing cargo vessel Friday that experienced engine...
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