Coast Guard plans call for procuring a combination of National Security Cutters (NSCs), Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPCs) and Fast Response Cutters (FRCs) as replacements for 90 earlier-generation Coast ...

Attendees bow their heads during the convocation for the April 3, 2025 commissioning of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter John Witherspoon, held in an Air Station Kodiak hangar. The first of three new U.S.

The U.S. Coast Guard faces increasing challenges operating and maintaining its fleet of 241 cutters—vessels 65 feet or greater in length with accommodations for crew to live on board. Since fiscal ...

Mobile-based shipbuilder Austal USA and the U.S. Coast Guard came together Monday to celebrate work on a ship that represents a critical future for both parties – if they can overcome problems so ...