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Outsider Asst. Admin User is Offline Joined: 24 Oct 2006 Posts: 4203 Karma: 27 applaud / smite Location: North Carolina 32274 points 0 warnings 0 tempbans	Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 10:59 pm    Post subject: USCGC Storis · Quote Keel laid down in July of 1941 at Toledo Shipbuilding, the USCGC Storis was launched in April of 1942 and later commissioned in September of 1942 as an ice patrol tender. The Storis is the only ship of her class currently in commission. During WWII the Storis, a Scandinavian name derived from the Eskimo word sirorssuit meaning "great ice," patrolled the eastern coast of Greenland looking for German weather stations. After the war, Storis was transferred to Juneau, Alaska in 1948 and assigned to the Bering Sea Patrol, responsible for providing services to the isolated native villages along the Alaskan coast, as well as establishing early LORAN radio navigation stations, and supporting early warning radar stations. In July of 1957, the Storis, in the company of the Coast Guard cutters Bramble and Scar, established the "Northwest Passage" a deep-water channel for large ships across the northern waters of North America. In addition, at the completion of her journey, the Storis became the first registered vessel to circumnavigate North America. Upon her return to Alaska later in 1957 the Storis was assigned to Kodiak Island, Alaska. In 1972 the Storis underwent a major overhaul, with her mission changing from icebreaker to medium endurance cutter. In 1986 the Storis underwent yet another major refit, this time to replace her engine machinery as well as improve crew accommodations. The USCGC Storis is currently the oldest cutter in the Coast Guard fleet. As such, The Storis which bears the title, "Queen of the Fleet" is the only cutter with hull numbers painted in gold. The Storis is slated to be decommissioned in February of 2007. http://tech.military.com/equipment/view/122008/uscgc-storis.html?ESRC=soldiertech.nl _________________ <table border="0" bordercolor="#F6FCFD" width="1" bgcolor="#F6FCFD"> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> </td> </tr>Commanding Officer M.S.T. Alpha company <tr> <td> </td> </tr> </table>
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