SAN DIEGO — The Coast Guard commissioned the newest California-based 154-foot Fast Response Cutter in San Diego, May 1, the Coast Guard 11th District said in a release of the same date. The Benjamin Bottoms is the fourth Sentinel-Class Fast…
HII Delivers Eighth National Security Cutter Midgett to U.S. Coast Guard
PASCAGOULA, Mississippi — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division delivered the National Security Cutter Midgett (WMSL 757) to the U.S. Coast Guard on May 1, the company said in a release. Midgett is scheduled to sail away in June and will…
Polar Security Cutter Contract Awarded to Replace Aging Icebreakers
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard and Navy have awarded VT Halter Marine Inc. of Pascagoula, Mississippi, a contract for the detail, design and construction of the Coast Guard’s first polar security cutter (PSC), which will replace the nation’s aging…
Coast Guard Unit Returns Home Following Nine-Month Deployment to Gitmo
SAN PEDRO, California — Coast Guard members from San Pedro-based Port Security Unit 311 returned home April 11 following a nine-month deployment to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, the Coast Guard Pacific Area said in a…
Coast Guard Releases New Arctic Strategic Outlook
ARLINGTON, Virginia — The U.S. Coast Guard has updated its Arctic strategic outlook for the first time since it published its strategy for the region in 2013 as it focuses more attention on an area of increasing interest regarding national…
Coast Guard Offloads 970 Pounds of Cocaine and 550 pounds of Marijuana at Base Miami Beach
MIAMI — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Raymond Evans (WPC-1110) offloaded about 970 pounds of cocaine and 550 pounds of marijuana April 18 at Coast Guard Base Miami Beach worth an estimated total of $13.5 million wholesale seized…
Coast Guard Cutter Waesche Returns Following 95-day Counter-Narcotics Patrol
ALAMEDA, California — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL-751) returned April 8 to the ship’s homeport of Alameda following a 95-day counter-narcotics patrol in the eastern Pacific Ocean, the Coast Guard Pacific Area said. Waesche’s deployment supported Joint…
Coast Guard Offloads 14,000 Pounds of Marijuana and 3,660 Pounds of Cocaine at Port Everglades
MIAMI — The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bear (WMEC-901) offloaded about 14,000 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated $12.5 million wholesale and 3,660 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $50 million on April 18 at Port Everglades,…
Marine Jet Power Awarded Taiwan Coast Guard Contract
UPPSALA, Sweden — Marine Jet Power (MJP) has been awarded a multiunit, multiyear contract with CSBC Shipyard to provide propulsion for 15,100-ton class vessels for the Taiwan Coast Guard (TCG), the company said in a release. The 34-meter vessels will…
U.S. Coast Guard Patrols Micronesian Waters in Support of Operation to Combat Illegal Fishing
HONOLULU — Crews of two U.S. Coast Guard cutters and a long-range HC-130 patrol aircraft recently completed combined operations to help combat illegal fishing across Oceania, the Coast Guard 14th District said in a release. The crews teamed with shipriders…
