Description
USCGC Storis (WAGB-21) is a United States Coast Guard medium icebreaker. She was originally built as the icebreaking anchor handling tug supply vessel(AHTS) Aiviq to support oil exploration and drilling in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska. The USCG acquired the vessel in December 2024 and she was commissioned in Juneau on 10 August 2025. The USCGC Storis is currently operating from Seattle but will eventually be home-ported in Juneau once shore infrastructure is ready. Construction is anticipated to start in 2026 and conclude in 2028.
USCGC Storis was built to American Bureau of Shipping ice class ABS A3 which indicates that she is strengthened for navigation in polar ice conditions with the presence of multiyear ice floes. Furthermore, the notation “Ice Breaker” states that she is designed and constructed for breaking ice to open navigable channels for other ships.
Each coin measures 1 3/4 inch (44mm) in diameter.
Officially Licensed Product of the U.S. Coast Guard
