Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 01.13.2016
Petty Officer 3rd Class Agustin Foguet, a damage controlman in the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star’s engineering department, welds a support bracket to a pipe in the icebreaker’s motor and gear room bilge while underway in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, Jan. 13, 2016. The Polar Star’s damage controlmen are capable of making vital metalworking repairs while the cutter is thousands of miles from......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 01.13.2016
Petty Officer 3rd Class Agustin Foguet, a damage controlman in the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star’s engineering department, grinds paint off of a section of metal in the bilge of the icebreaker’s motor and gear room while underway in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, Jan. 13, 2016. Foguet removed paint in order to add a support bracket. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst)...
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 01.13.2016
Petty Officer 3rd Class Agustin Foguet, a damage controlman in the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star’s engineering department, lays a test weld on a piece of the cutter’s vital machinery while underway in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, Jan. 13, 2016. Foguet used the test weld to determine the best method for working with that particular metal. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 01.13.2016
Chief Petty Officer Joshua Morris, a damage controlman in the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star’s engineering department, heats up a section of metal to prepare it for welding while underway in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, Jan. 13, 2016. The icebreaker’s damage control shop has tools for making temporary or permanent repairs on much of the on board machinery. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 01.13.2016
Petty Officers 3rd Class Ryan Brookes and Agustin Foguet, both damage controlmen in the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star’s engineering department, search for a hairline fracture on a piece of the cutter’s reduction gear while underway in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, Jan. 13, 2016. The reduction gear is used to turn the high speed of the icebreaker’s turbines into low speed, high torque motion......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 01.13.2016
Petty Officer 3rd Class Agustin Foguet, a damage controlman in the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star’s engineering department, lays a test weld on a piece of the cutter’s vital machinery while underway in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, Jan. 13, 2016. Damage controlman are the Coast Guard’s experts of metalworking and carpentry. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst)...
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 01.10.2016
Fireman Corin Gilbert, a member of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star’s main propulsion division, checks a lube oil level in the cutter’s engine room while underway in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, Jan. 10, 2016. Gilbert inspects oil levels, temperature and pressure on main machinery parts every hour as a security watchstander. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst)...
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 01.10.2016
Fireman Corin Gilbert, a member of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star’s main propulsion division, records machinery readings during a security watch while underway in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, Jan. 10, 2016. The security watchstander monitors equipment in the icebreaker’s machinery spaces. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst)...
