– The Coast Guard remains “Always Ready” to preserve and protect our northern coasts and waters. As more ships and people move toward the North Pole, the Coast Guard will be there to ensure safe navigation and safeguard our national sovereignty, as it always has, said Commander Stephen Adler, commander of the US Coast Guard Ship Stratton.

USCGC Stratton returned earlier this month to its home port of Alameda, California, after a 97-day multi-mission mission to the North Pole and Bering Sea.

In August, the cutter and crew left Alameda to demonstrate US sovereignty in US Arctic waters, provide search and rescue capabilities in the region, and meet with communities in Alaska. This was revealed in a press release from the US Coast Guard.

First joint patrol

During the deployment, the ship operated repeatedly along the US-Russia boundary line from the Diomede Archipelago to well above the Arctic Circle. The patrol takes place within the US Arctic zone.

In September, Stratton and Coast Guard Kimball became the first ships of the “National Security Cutter” class. who jointly patrol the U.S.-Russian boundary north of the Arctic Circle.

The operational goal is the protection of United States sovereign rights and the promotion of international maritime norms through the presence and influence of the coast guard in an increasingly strategic and competitive region, the coast guard wrote.

The Stratton also patrols the US-Canadian maritime boundary in the Beaufort Sea, indicating its presence in a remote area of ​​the Arctic.