The U.S. Coast Guard said Wednesday it has moved to accelerate the acquisition of 10 more Fast Response Cutters using money from the record $25 billion one-time funding it received in the 2025 ...
Despite operating one of the largest navies in the world, the United States has only two operational icebreakers - limiting ...
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) (left) sits moored next to U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) at Coast Guard Base Seattle, Aug. 25, 2024. The Polar Star and Healy are routinely ...
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Austal USA has a contract from the U.S. Coast Guard to build a second Offshore Patrol Cutter. According to a release from Austal USA, the $273 million option is part of a ...
The newest U.S. Coast Guard vessel in Alaska was commissioned at Base Kodiak last week and is set to officially begin service. The Earl Cunningham is the second of three new cutters to be homeported ...
Bollinger Shipyards will lead an international team to design and build six Arctic Security Cutters for the U.S. Coast Guard, following a White House announcement October 8 that marks a major ...
The Coast Guard’s newest polar icebreaker arrived Friday in Seattle after 112 days at sea on its first patrol. The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Storis, commissioned in August, left Pascagoula, Miss., on ...
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle often called “America’s Tall Ship” was back in San Diego this week, giving the public a rare chance to climb aboard the historic vessel. At ...
The United States Coast Guard’s Sentinel-class fast response cutters (FRCs) have emerged as a significant force for international deployments, dwarfing the legacy Island-class patrol boats in size, ...
Lockport, Louisiana-based Bollinger Shipyards has secured a U.S. Coast Guard contract option worth approximately $507 million for 10 additional fast response cutters, or FRCs, and associated contract ...