The U.S. Coast Guard’s newest Legend-class national security cutter, Stone (WMSL 758), departed from Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division Dec. 22, sailing to its homeport in Charleston, South Carolina, the company said. “I cannot think of a better ending…
Coast Guard Cutter Reliance Returns to Homeport After 36-Day Caribbean Patrol
PENSACOLA, Fla. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Reliance returned to homeport in Pensacola Saturday, Dec. 19, after a 36-day Caribbean Sea patrol, the Coast Guard 8th District announced Dec. 21. During the patrol the Reliance crew performed counter-drug…
Bollinger Shipyards Delivers 42nd Fast Response Cutter, USCGC Robert Goldman
LOCKPORT, La. – Bollinger Shipyards LLC on Dec. 22 delivered the USCGC Robert Goldman to the U.S. Coast Guard in Key West, Florida. This is the 165th vessel Bollinger has delivered to the Coast Guard over a 35-year period and the…
Coast Guard, Partners Interdict 7 Suspected Drug-Smuggling Vessels in the Caribbean over 10 days
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard, U.S. Navy, Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations and the Dutch Caribbean coast guard interdicted seven suspected drug smuggling vessels over 10 days near Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico in the…
CG Cutter James offloads More Than $411.3M in Cocaine, Marijuana at Port Everglades
MIAMI—The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter James offloaded more than 23,000 pounds of cocaine and nearly 8,800 pounds of marijuana worth more than $411.3 million Wednesday at Port Everglades, the Coast Guard 7th District said in a Dec. 16 release. …
Coast Guard Establishing an Officer Recruiting Corps
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard is establishing an Officer Recruiting Corps, the service said in a Dec. 15 internal message released by Coast Guard headquarters. The Coast Guard expects to commission approximately 500 officers over the next five years,…
Cutter Legare Returns Home after Interdicting over 7,000 Pounds of Drugs
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Legare returned to their homeport in Portsmouth, after an eight-week counter narcotic patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, Dec. 11, the Coast Guard 5th District said in a release. The Legare…
Coast Guard Cutter Tampa Returns Home Following 57-day Caribbean Patrol
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa returned to their homeport in Portsmouth on Dec. 12, after a 57-day counter-drug and migrant interdiction operations patrol, the Coast Guard 5th District said in a release. Patrolling known drug trafficking…
Coast Guard Lights LED Upgrade to Oak Island Lighthouse, N.C.
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard lit a first-of-its-kind, LED-based rotating beacon at Oak Island Lighthouse on Caswell Beach, N.C., Dec. 7, the Coast Guard 5th District said in a Dec. 8 release. This upgrade is the Coast Guard’s first…
Coast Guard Repatriates 12 Dominican Migrants from Illegal Voyage
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Napier repatriated 12 migrants from an interdicted illegal voyage and transferred two men, who were rescued in a separate case, to a Dominican Republic navy vessel Monday near Punta Cana,…
