STORIS (WMEC-38) class

 0 STORIS-class MEDIUM-ENDURANCE CUTTER (WMEC)

 Name        Hull No.   Launched         Commissioned      Status
 STORIS      WMEC-38    April 4, 1942    Sept. 30, 1942    Stricken
   (ex-ESKIMO)

The STORIS was built specifically for offshore icebreaking and patrol in the Greenland area. In 1949, she begin duties in Alaska on search-and-rescue and law-enforcement missions. Towards the latter part of her service life, STORIS was no longer capable of icebreaking. She was the...