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USCGC STORIS

As one of the most accomplished cutters ever to serve the U.S. Coast Guard, Storis had considerable historic significance to justify museum status. The only example of her class, the 230-foot Storis was commissioned on September 30, 1942. She saw considerable action during World War II in the North Atlantic and waters around Greenland, guarding critical mineral mines and U.S. Army air bases on the island. Storis participated in convoy duty and was instrumental in searching for and eradicating German meteorological stations around Greenland.


In the summer of 1957, Storis started a historic journey. She departed in company with the Coast Guard buoy tenders Spar and Bramble conquered the Northwest Passage to establishing and charting a successful path through the Northwest Passage in response to defense concerns caused by Cold War tensions with the Soviet Union. The were to search for a sea route deep enough to support larger, deeper draft cargo ships and to collect hydrographic information. 

Thee three cutters set sail on July 1st from Seattle, Washington. Gaining a better understanding of ice floe movements and transiting through them without sustaining severe damage or getting stuck in the ice pack was critical for future shipping activity in this region.

The three cutters were under the overall command of Coast Guard Cmdr. Harold L. Wood, commanding officer of Storis. Spar was skippered by Lt. Charles V. Cowing and Bramble was skippered by Lt. Cmdr. Harry H. Carter.  While in Franklin Strait, the cutters became trapped in an ice floe field for a number of days before Spar freed itself and then helped the other vessels reach clear water. During this time, the cutters continued their mission of charting and recording water depths, correcting old charts, in addition to leaving moored buoys to mark future shipping lanes.

On September 6th, with help from HCMS Labrador, Storis, Spar, and Bramble navigate the challenging seventeen-mile passage in the Bellot Strait. In doing so, they became the first deep draft ships to sail through this waterway. Continuing eastward, they sailed toward Lancaster Sound, crossed the Arctic Circle, and steamed into the Labrador Sea. Heading homeward, they continued along the eastern Canadian and United States coasts. By October, all three cutters had reached their respective homeports and thus went down in history as the first American vessels to transit through the icy seas of the Northwest Passage and circumnavigate the North American continent.    

In World War II, Storis participated in the Greenland Patrols. She patrolled the east coast of Greenland to prevent the establishment of German weather stations. 

Following the war, on 15 September 1948, Storis was reassigned to Juneau, Alaska where she participated in the Bering Sea Patrol, which entailed delivering medical, dental and judicial services to isolated native villages in the far reaches of the territory. At the same time, Storis assisted in establishing Alaskan LORAN radio-navigation stations, provided supplies for the Distant Early Warning Line and conducted hydrographic surveys in the uncharted waters off the Arctic.

Storis participated in the rescue of the fishing vessel Alaskan Monarch, in March 1990. Video of this incident often appears on TV shows such as Deadliest Catch, to illustrate the dangers of working in Bering Sea waters. Storis also had a cameo in the 2006 film The Guardian.

In 1972, Storis underwent a major renovation converting her from a light icebreaker to a medium endurance cutter. The primary functions of Storis shifted to enforcing laws and treaties of the domestic and foreign fisheries in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska. Storis underwent another major maintenance overhaul in 1986 that replaced her power plant and expanded her living quarters to include a new berthing area for women and a lounge for the crew.

In 1991, USCGC Storis became the oldest commissioned cutter in the Coast Guard fleet, a title she held until she was decommissioned in 2007--64 years and 5 months.  On 31 December 2012, Storis was formally listed on the National Register of Historic Places by the State of California. "Storis" is a Scandinavian word meaning "great ice."

We build this primarily wood model of the USCGC Storis in two versions, at her historic voyage and before decommissioning when her number was gold, signifying she was the longest serving ship.

19" long (1/144 scale), 27.5" long (1/100 scale), 32" long (HO scale). Email us for prices. We can also build an ice scenic base for this model or a large one that shows the three historic ships Storis, Spar, and Bramble during their Northwest Passage voyage.


Learn more about the Coast Guard STORIS here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Storis

https://www.mycg.uscg.mil/News/Article/3628183/the-long-blue-line-first-us-transit-of-the-northwest-passage-1957/