A digital rendering of a Davie MPPS-based Arctic Security Cutter. (Courtesy/U.S. Coast Guard)

The first two of 11 planned medium-weight icebreakers will be homeported in Alaska, although which cities remains to be determined, the U.S. Coast Guard announced Thursday.

The hope is a Finnish company building the vessels will deliver them by the end of 2028, according toa Coast Guard press release. That mirrors the same hoped-for timeline for the Storis icebreaker set to…