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==Recent Operations==
[[File:USCGC HEALY profile aws15.jpg|thumb|left|float|USCGC HEALY underway in the Arctic Ocean.]]
2016: On October 15, 2016, USCGC ''Healy'' returned to its home port in Seattle, Washington after a 127 day summer deployment in the Arctic Ocean. The crew of the USCGC ''Healy'' and its accompanying scientists participated in three scientific studies. Highlights of this deployment include the discovery of new species of jellyfish in the Chukchi Sea, observations of the continental shelf in the Arctic Ocean and Bering Sea, and data collection on climate change.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kbkw.com/coast-guard-cutter-healy-returns-homeport-127-day-deployment-arctic-ocean/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Early%20Bird%20Brief%2010.18.2016&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief|title=Coast Guard Cutter Healy Returns to Homeport, After 127-Day Deployment in Arctic Ocean - Newstalk KBKW|first=Dave|last=Haviland|date=17 October 2016|publisher=}}</ref>
2015: On September 5, USCGC ''Healy'' became the first unaccompanied United States surface vessel to reach the North Pole.<ref name="dvidshub.net"/> ''Healy'' travelled over 16,000 nautical miles during Arctic West Summer 2015 (AWS15). During this expedition, more than 25,000 water and ice samples from 72 science stations were collected through [[Conductivity, Temperature, Depth|Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD)]] casts and on-ice science stations.<ref name="auto"/> USCGC ''Healy'' worked with both the [[United States Coast Guard Research & Development Center]] and the [[Noaa|National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] to test and develop [[UAV|Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV's)]], and became the first vessel to broadcast a live feed from Arctic waters. ''Healy'' also conducted a professional international engagement with the German Icebreaker [[Polarstern (Ship)|Polarstern]] at the North Pole.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Smith|first1=Laurin|title=September 9, 2015|url=http://www.uscg.mil/pacarea/cgchealy/aws15/150909.asp|website=CGC HEALY|accessdate=8 December 2015}}</ref> It was a historic Arctic deployment that displayed the Coast Guard’s unique polar capabilities to the public and the world. Between May and October 2015, ''Healy'' also tested the [[Mobile User Objective System]] (MUOS) high frequency satellite communication system throughout its Arctic Summer West 2015 mission. Successful tests were completed throughout the expedition during the transit to the North Pole.
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