A U.S. Coast Guard construction officer in Kodiak estimates that an additional 300 people will come to the base within the ...

Commissioning of the Coast Guard’s newest fast response cutter (FRC) took place Aug. 11, 2025, in Kodiak, Alasla.

Austal created a build strategy that resulted in a “more efficient build process” and a longer life expectancy for the ship, the release said. According to the release, this is the second USCG ...

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Resolute returned to its St. Petersburg, Fla., homeport Saturday, June 8, 2024, after a 60-day patrol of the Caribbean during which the crew stopped drug smugglers and ...

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw isn’t the same ship that Commanding Officer Jeannette Greene knew when she joined its inaugural crew 20 years ago. These days the 240-foot vessel based in ...

The cutter will not be directly replaced. Instead, its former service area will be covered by a fleet of three, 154-foot cutters based out of Kodiak. Former USCG cutter Naushon decommissioned ...

Here is a portion of the release. Mobile, Ala. – Austal USA started construction on its second Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC), Icarus (WMSM 920). Like Pickering (WMSM 919), Icarus ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Spencer (WMEC 905) returned to their home port in Portsmouth on Friday after a 92-day maritime border security operations deployment in the ...

US Coast Guard (USCG) Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10), the only US heavy icebreaker, departed Seattle, Washington, on 22 November, beginning its deployment to Antarctica in ...

Icebreaker Healy, shown here transiting the Gulf of Alaska in 2022, is slated for life extension work. (Janes/Michael Fabey) The US Coast Guard's (USCG's) efforts to bolster its icebreaking fleets ...