ARLINGTON, Va. — Leonardo DRS Inc. has again been awarded a contract by Eastern Shipbuilding Group to provide the Auxiliary Propulsion System for the fourth shipset in the U.S. Coast Guard’s new fleet of Offshore Patrol Cutters, Leonardo DRS said…
Coast Guard Buoy Tender Departs San Francisco for Major Maintenance Period
ALAMEDA, Calif. — The Coast Guard Cutter Aspen (WLB 208) and crew departed the Bay Area Nov. 29 for the last time as a San Francisco-based cutter and are en route to the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore to undergo major maintenance…
USCGC Hamilton Returns Home after 72-day Patrol, Drug Offload
CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Legend-class national security cutter USCGC Hamilton (WMSL 753) crew returned home Nov. 24 to Charleston after completing a 72-day patrol throughout the Eastern Pacific Ocean, the Coast Guard 7th District said in a release. The crew…
Coast Guard Rescues 27 Migrants Stranded on Monito Island, Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard Cutter Dauntless rescued 27 migrants Nov. 27 after the migrants abandoned a disabled vessel Wednesday and ended up stranded on Monito Island, Puerto Rico, the Coast Guard 7th District said in a release. …
Coast Guard Crews Interdict 4 Smugglers, Seize $12M in Cocaine
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Station San Juan boat crew offloaded approximately 400 kilograms in seized cocaine and transferred custody of four suspected smugglers to federal agents Nov. 24, following the interdiction of a go-fast vessel near Dorado, Puerto…
Icebreaker Returns Home following Northwest Passage Transit, Arctic Research Missions, Circumnavigation of North America
SEATTLE — The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) returned to their Seattle homeport Saturday following a 22,000-mile, 133-day deployment circumnavigating North America, the Coast Guard Pacific Area said Nov. 20. The crew aboard Healy, a 420-foot medium…
Coast Guard Icebreaker Polar Star Begins 25th Antarctic Voyage
SEATTLE — The United States’ only heavy icebreaker departed its homeport in Seattle Nov. 13 with a crew of 159 U.S. Coast Guard men and women and is heading toward Antarctica, the Coast Guard Pacific Area said in a release. …
Coast Guard, Partners Rescue 17 Mariners in 2 Days
ALAMEDA, Calif. — Over the course of two days, Nov. 11-12, Coast Guard crews, partner agencies and volunteers responding to three maritime emergencies rescued a total of 17 boaters in dire straits off the Alaska, California and Micronesia coasts, the Coast Guard…
Cutter Spencer Returns to Portsmouth After Patrolling the Eastern U.S. Coast
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Spencer returned home to Portsmouth after a 33-day patrol Nov. 10, the Coast Guard 5th District said in a release. During the patrol, the crew conducted operations south of Key West,…
Coast Guard, Partners Complete Cooperative Pacific Surveillance Operation
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard and its partners successfully completed the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency’s (FFA) Operation Kurukuru in the Pacific, Nov. 5, the Coast Guard 14th District said Nov. 9. Operation Kurukuru is an annual coordinated maritime surveillance operation…
