Kongsberg Maritime has been selected by Austal USA to supply its Promas propulsion system to the latest ship in the United States Coast Guard’s new Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) Heritage Class program. This initial contract is to supply Kongsberg Maritime…
USCGC Harriet Lane Returns After Inaugural Operation Blue Pacific Patrol in Oceania
HONOLULU — U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane (WMEC 903) and crew returned to home port in Hawaii April 9 after a 79-day patrol in support of Coast Guard District Fourteen’s Operation Blue Pacific in Oceania. Harriet Lane and crew…
USCG Cutter Bertholf Returns Home Following 98-Day Indo-Pacific Deployment
ALAMEDA, California — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf (WMSL 750) and crew returned home April 8 following a 21,000-mile, 98-day Indo-Pacific deployment in support of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet. Throughout the deployment, Bertholf led international…
Budget, Recruitment Challenges Drive Coast Guard Creativity, Officials Say
Challenges with budgets, recruitment and retention levels are giving the U.S. Coast Guard the opportunity to be creative in addressing them and to update its policies and procedures, service officials said at the fifth annual Coast Guard Breakfast at Sea-Air-Space…
Atlantic Commander: Industry-Government Partnership Essential to Coast Guard Innovation
By Erika Fitzpatrick, Contributor Future innovation within the U.S. Coast Guard comes from listening to and partnering with the defense industry, Vice Admiral Kevin E. Lunday, U.S. Coast Guard Commander of the Atlantic Area and Defense Force East, said April…
CMF’s Combined Task Force 150 Seizes Nearly 400 Kilograms in Illegal Narcotics in the Arabian Sea
By U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Public Affairs | April 08, 2024 MANAMA, Bahrain — A U.S. Coast Guard cutter, working in direct support of Combined Task Force (CTF) 150 of Combined Maritime Forces, seized nearly 400 kilograms of illegal drugs…
U.S. Coast Guard heavy icebreaker returns to the U.S. following completion of Antarctic mission
U.S. Coast Guard 13th District, April 4, 2024 SAN FRANCISCO – The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) and crew returned to the United States Sunday, following a 138-day deployment to Antarctica to support Operation Deep Freeze 2024. This deployment…
Coast Guard Offloads More Than $24 Million in Illegal Narcotics Interdicted in Eastern Caribbean
U.S. Coast Guard 7th District, April 5, 2024 MIAMI – The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Margaret Norvell offloaded more than 1,850 pounds of cocaine with an assessed street value of approximately $24.3 million in Miami, Friday. The crew interdicted…
New Geo-Tracking Buoys Make a Splash During Live Test Events
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, April 4, 2024 New rugged buoy technologies equipped with Automatic Identification Systems aim to help the U.S. Coast Guard mark and track objects in the water. Recent years have seen an uptick in the use…
US Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba returns home after supporting Operation Vigilant Sentry
U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area, April 1, 2024 PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba (WMEC 907) returned to their homeport in Portsmouth, Monday, following a 52-day patrol in the Florida Straits and Windward Passage. Escanaba’s…
