LOCKPORT, La. — Bollinger Shipyards, a privately held designer and builder of steel military and commercial vessels, submitted on June 11 its proposal to the United States Coast Guard to build Stage 2 of the Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC)…
Coast Guard Documents Historic Shipwreck for National Register of Historic Places
ALAMEDA, Calif. — Coast Guard crews recently continued their efforts to document the historic shipwreck of the Coast Guard Cutter McCulloch June 3, after the service’s partnership with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration personnel recently resulted in the ship being…
Cutter Stratton Returns Home Following 105-Day Deployment
ALAMEDA, Calif. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752) returned to their homeport Friday following a combined 105-day deployment to Alaska and their biannual shipboard training off the coast of San Diego, the Coast Guard Pacific…
18 NATO and Partner Nations Conducting Multi-Lateral Combat Training During BALTOPS 50
The U.S., NATO allies and partner nations are participating in the 50th Baltic Operations (BALTOPS 50) exercise, currently underway through June 18 in and around the Baltic Sea. BALTOPS 2021 features air and maritime assets from 18 NATO allies and partner…
Coast Guard Establishes Reserve Enlisted Aviation Workforce
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard has established a Reserve Enlisted Aviation Workforce. In a 10 June message released by Rear Adm. Todd C. Wiemers, assistant commandant for Capabilities (CG-7) and assistant commandant for Reserve (CG-R), the Coast Guard formally…
Navy Accepts Delivery of First TH-73A Training Helicopter
PHILADELPHIA — The first operational TH-73A helicopter was presented to the U.S. Navy June 10 during a ceremony at the AgustaWestland Philadelphia Corp. (Leonardo) plant in Philadelphia, the Naval Air Systems Command announced in a release. “The TH-73A will be instrumental in…
Northrop Grumman Delivers First SEWIP Block 3 System to U.S. Navy
BALTIMORE — Northrop Grumman Corp. has delivered the AN/SLQ-32(V)7 Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block 3 Engineering and Development Model (EDM) to the U.S. Navy for land-based testing, the company said in a June 11 release. The official transfer…
Navy’s SSP Admiral: New Missile Planned for Introduction on 9th Columbia SSBN
ARLINGTON, Va. — The admiral in charge of developing and sustaining the U.S. Navy’s strategic weapons said the service needs to have the new Trident D5LE2 ballistic missile ready to deploy in fiscal 2039 on the ninth hull of the…
Commission Examines Assets that Honor the Confederacy, Will Suggest Name Changes
The Department of Defense’s Naming Commission — technically the Commission on the Naming of Items of the Department of Defense that Commemorate the Confederate States of America or Any Person Who Served Voluntarily with the Confederate States of America — has…
Coast Guard Repatriates 82 Cubans to Cuba
MIAMI — Coast Guard Cutter Isaac Mayo’s crew repatriated 82 Cubans to Cuba, Tuesday, following eight interdictions south of the Florida Keys, the Coast Guard 7th District said in a June 8 release. A Station Islamorada law enforcement team launched at approximately…
