
240825-G-SG988-1089. U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) (left) sits moored next to U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) at Coast Guard Base Seattle, Aug. 25, 2024. The Polar Star and Healy are routinely deployed to Arctic and Antarctic locations to support science research or help resupply remote stations. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Chris Butters)
Coast Guard News announces two new contracts to modernized Base Seattle and Base Charleston:
- U.S. Coast Guard awards contract to modernize Base Seattle to enable Arctic and Antarctic operations
- U.S. Coast Guard marks first expenditure of One Big Beautiful Bill Act funding, upgrading Base Charleston to support major cutters

Reconstruction of Pier November (second from the bottom) continues July 23, 2025, at Base Charleston in North Charleston, South Carolina. The Coast Guard used funding made available under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to modify an existing contract to remove submerged pilings in the vicinity of the piers to facilitate construction of new and modernized facilities to support Coast Guard major cutter operations. U.S. Coast Guard photo.
Modernizing Homeports
https://www.mycg.uscg.mil/News/Article/4296601/modernizing-homeports/
AMEN!