USCGC Storis, Coast Guard icebreaker in Benicia, United States.
USCGC Storis was a 230-foot (70 m) light icebreaker and medium endurance cutter, laid down by the Toledo Shipbuilding Company of Toledo, Ohio, in July 1941 and launched on 4 April 1942. In 1972 a major renovation converted her from a light icebreaker into a medium endurance cutter, and a 1986 overhaul replaced her power plant and added a berthing area for women. She was decommissioned at Kodiak on 8 February 2007 and towed from California to Mexico on 25 October 2013 to be scrapped.
The vessel started service in 1942 on Greenland patrols, helping protect that region's eastern coast from German forces during World War II. After the war, it was assigned to various Arctic missions before being converted to a medium-duty cutter in 1972 for fisheries enforcement work.
The cutter was first to be named Eskimo, but the U.S. Department of State objected, fearing the people of Greenland would take offence; Storis, Scandinavian for "great ice", was chosen instead. The name later fitted her Arctic patrols off Greenland's east coast.
The ship is not open to visitors: it was towed from California to Mexico on 25 October 2013 for scrapping, so there is nothing to board in Benicia. Its name survives in the fleet: the commercial icebreaker Aiviq, acquired by the Coast Guard in 2024, was renamed USCGC Storis (WAGB-21).
Storis was decommissioned at Kodiak on 8 February 2007, not 2003, after 64 years and 5 months of service. In 2013 a public auction with a US$60,000 starting bid failed to reach its reserve, and the ship was towed to Mexico that October to be scrapped. The name USCGC Storis passed in 2024 to the acquired icebreaker Aiviq.
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