U.S. Coast Guard 5th District, March 26, 2024 BALTIMORE — The U.S. Coast Guard is coordinating with local, state, and federal agencies in response to the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore Tuesday morning. Coast Guard watchstanders received a…
Coast Guard to Commission New FRC in New London, Connecticut
NEW LONDON, Connecticut — The Coast Guard Cutter Melvin Bell (WPC-1155) is scheduled to be commissioned during a ceremony March 28 at 10 a.m. at the Coast Guard Academy in New London. The Coast Guard’s newest cutter was accepted by…
U.S., Seychelles Conduct Bilateral Maritime Security engagements
March 24, 2024 By U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa Public Affairs and U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area Public Affairs NAPLES, Italy – Over the course of 7 days from March 14-21, 2024, United States Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) personnel worked…
USCGC Legare Returns Home Following Living Marine Resources Patrol, Engagements With French Navy
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Legare (WMEC 912) returned home to Portsmouth, Thursday, after a seven-week patrol in the Coast Guard’s First District area of operations. In support of Operation Atlantic Venture, Legare steamed more than 6,300 nautical…
Coast Guard Commandant Delivers Annual State of the Coast Guard Address
Headquarters, U.S. Coast Guard, March 21, 2024 WASHINGTON — Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, Admiral Linda L. Fagan, delivered the annual State of the Coast Guard Address at the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, DC Wednesday. Fagan expressed…
USCGC David Duren is the First of Three FRCs to be Homeported in Astoria, Oregon
LOCKPORT, Louisiana — Bollinger Shipyards recently delivered the USCGC David Duren to the U.S. Coast Guard in Key West, Florida. This is the 182nd vessel Bollinger has delivered to the U.S. Coast Guard over a 35-year period and the 56th Fast Response…
USCGC Frederick Hatch Supports Partners in Micronesia, Republic of Palau Under Operation Rematau
U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam, March 14, 2024 SANTA RITA, Guam — The crew of the USCGC Frederick Hatch (WPC 1143) completed a significant operational patrol under Operation Rematau from Feb. 15 to March 4, 2024, reinforcing the U.S….
French Air Force crew trains at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point
U.S. Coast Guard 14th District, March 11, 2024 HONOLULU – A crew from the French Air Force arrived at Air Station Barbers Point on March 4, 2024, for a week-long subject matter exchange with U.S. Coast Guard aircrews. The seven-member…
Canadian-led Combined Task Force 150 seizes 770 kg of methamphetamine in the Arabian Sea
By Combined Maritime Forces Public Affairs | March 09, 2024 MANAMA, Bahrain — A U.S. Coast Guard cutter operating under the Canadian-led Combined Task Force (CTF) 150 of Combined Maritime Forces seized 770 kg of methamphetamine from a dhow in the…
US Coast Guard Cutter Forward returns home to Virginia after lifesaving deployment
March 4, 2024 PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Forward (WMEC 911) returned to their homeport in Portsmouth, Sunday, following a 75-day patrol of the Windward Passage. During the patrol, Forward’s crew intercepted five unlawful migrant…
