The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) returned to Honolulu, Jan. 1, after a 120-day, 16,500-nautical-mile ...

Since entering service in 2008, Legend-class cutters have shown they are formidable ships, and they have a proven design.

An estimated $20 billion Coast Guard shipbuilding program that has failed to put a cutter into service amid ballooning costs and lengthy delays must have better oversight, according to a government ...

Coast Guard Cutter Munro (WMSL 755) transits alongside oil tanker Bella 1 in the North Atlantic Ocean, Jan. 6, 2026. Munro’s ...

Seaspan’s production-ready icebreaker design will be built in Finland and Louisiana as Washington races to counter Russian ...

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 ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – A Charleston-based Coast Guard cutter offloaded about 45,600 of illegal narcotics worth more than $517.5 million in Florida on Thursday. Cutter Stone’s offload was the result ...

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 ...

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter "Munro," which is based in Alameda, was a key player in recent international affairs. The locally ...

The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stone offloaded approximately 49,010 pounds of cocaine at Port Everglades, Fla., on Wednesday — marking the largest amount of cocaine ever seized by a single ...

The term "cutter" has roots in maritime history, long before the modern Coast Guard even existed. In the 18th century, a cutter was a specific type of small, fast sailing ship, usually with a single ...