USCGC Polar Star information

	USCGC Polar Star
History
United States
Name	USCGC Polar Star (WAGB 10)
Namesake	Italian-Norwegian wooden hulled icebreaker, Stella Polar
Builder	Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle, Washington
Laid down	May 15, 1972
Launched	November 17, 1973
Commissioned	January 17, 1976
Recommissioned	December 2012
Refit	Vigor Industrial shipyard, Seattle, Washington (March 2010 – December 2012)
Identification	IMO number: 7367471; MMSI number: 367255000; Callsign: NBTM; Hull number: WAGB-10;
Motto	Naviget Bene Turbatum Mare (May she sail well through turbulent seas)
Nickname(s)	Building 10, Cell Block 10, Polar Roller, Polar Spare, The Star, Wide Ass Government Building, P Star
Honors and; awards	2020 Hopley Yeaton Cutter Excellence Award (Large); 2020 American Society of Naval Engineering Lucas Plaque; Antarctica Service Medals (24); Arctic Service Medals (14); Navy Unit Commendation; Coast Guard Unit Commendations (8); Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendations (4);
Status	In service
General characteristics
Class and type	Polar-class icebreaker
Displacement	10,863 long tons (11,037 t) (standard); 13,623 long tons (13,842 t) (full);
Length	399 ft (122 m)
Beam	83 ft 6 in (25.45 m)
Draft	31 ft (9.4 m)
Installed power	Six Alco 16V-251F diesel engines (6 × 3,000 hp (2,200 kW)); Three Pratt & Whitney FT-4A12 gas turbines (3 × 25,000 hp (19,000 kW));
Propulsion	Combined diesel-electric or gas (CODLOG); Three shafts; controllable-pitch propellers;
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph); 3 knots (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph) in 6-foot (1.8 m) ice;
Range	16,000 nautical miles (30,000 km; 18,000 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph); 28,275 nautical miles (52,365 km; 32,538 mi) at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph);
Complement	18 officers 127 enlisted
Armament	Various small arms

USCGC Polar Star (WAGB-10) is a United States Coast Guard heavy icebreaker. Commissioned in 1976, the ship was built by Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company of Seattle, Washington along with sister ship, USCGC Polar Sea.^[4]

Homeported in Seattle, Polar Star operates under the control of Coast Guard Pacific Area and coordinates her operations through the Ice Operations Section of the United States Coast Guard. After Polar Sea was deactivated in 2010, Polar Star became the US's only heavy icebreaker. The Coast Guard's only other icebreaker, USCGC Healy, despite being classified as a "medium icebreaker", is larger than Polar Star (13,623 LT versus 16,000 LT, respectively).

Replacement ships for what is called the Polar Security Cutter program have been ordered for a new generation of USCG icebreakers.

^ Cutter Nicknames Archived 2011-08-25 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2012-01-15
^ Baker 1998, p. 1119.
^ Moore 1985, p. 772.
^ "USCGC Polar Star - History". www.uscg.mil. Archived from the original on 2010-03-08. Retrieved 2009-09-17. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[1] Cutter Nicknames Archived 2011-08-25 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2012-01-15

[cf98_p1119-2] Baker 1998, p. 1119.

[jfs85_p772-3] Moore 1985, p. 772.

[history-4] "USCGC Polar Star - History". www.uscg.mil. Archived from the original on 2010-03-08. Retrieved 2009-09-17. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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History
USCGC Polar Star
United States
Name	USCGC Polar Star (WAGB 10)
Namesake	Italian-Norwegian wooden hulled icebreaker, Stella Polar
Builder	Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle, Washington
Laid down	May 15, 1972
Launched	November 17, 1973
Commissioned	January 17, 1976
Recommissioned	December 2012
Refit	Vigor Industrial shipyard, Seattle, Washington (March 2010 – December 2012)
Identification	IMO number: 7367471 MMSI number: 367255000 Callsign: NBTM Hull number: WAGB-10
Motto	Naviget Bene Turbatum Mare (May she sail well through turbulent seas)
Nickname(s)	Building 10, Cell Block 10, Polar Roller, Polar Spare, The Star, Wide Ass Government Building, P Star^[1]
Honors and awards	2020 Hopley Yeaton Cutter Excellence Award (Large); 2020 American Society of Naval Engineering Lucas Plaque; Antarctica Service Medals (24); Arctic Service Medals (14); Navy Unit Commendation; Coast Guard Unit Commendations (8); Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendations (4);
Status	In service
General characteristics ^[2]
Class and type	Polar-class icebreaker
Displacement	10,863 long tons (11,037 t) (standard) 13,623 long tons (13,842 t) (full)
Length	399 ft (122 m)
Beam	83 ft 6 in (25.45 m)
Draft	31 ft (9.4 m)^[3]
Installed power	Six Alco 16V-251F diesel engines (6 × 3,000 hp (2,200 kW)) Three Pratt & Whitney FT-4A12 gas turbines (3 × 25,000 hp (19,000 kW))
Propulsion	Combined diesel-electric or gas (CODLOG) Three shafts; controllable-pitch propellers
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) 3 knots (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph) in 6-foot (1.8 m) ice
Range	16,000 nautical miles (30,000 km; 18,000 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) 28,275 nautical miles (52,365 km; 32,538 mi) at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement	18 officers 127 enlisted
Armament	Various small arms