Monthly Archives: April 2022

Polar Star traveled the furthest south during her deployment (USCG photos) Polar Star, the United States’ sole heavy icebreaker recently returned home after a 147-day Antarctic deployment making several milestones in her long career. Commissioned in 1976, Polar Star is playing a critical role with the U.S. Coast Guard also undertaking critical steps to maintain and modernizeContinue reading “Polar Star Returns to U.S. After Antarctic Deployment to Begin Refit”

By BENJAMIN FELTON in AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN ARMY, BREAKING NEWS, COUNTRIES, DAILY NEWS, NEW ZEALAND, NEWS, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY  April 8, 2022 Details have finally emerged about the Royal Australian Navy’s Pacific Support Vessel during a Senate Estimates hearing. Under questioning by Opposition Labor Senator Tim Ayres, Defence Department officials confirmed that a commercial Offshore Support Vessel had been bought in February. Australian Defence Vessel (ADV) Reliant was formerlyContinue reading “Australia’s Pacific Support Vessel Unveiled”

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