Legend-class ships have formed the basis of the National Security Cutter (NSC) programme which has been running since the early 2000s with the intention of replacing ships in service since the 1960s.

The US Coast Guard (USCG) has placed contracts for four Heritage-class offshore patrol cutters (OPCs), with plans in place to order as many as nine, as part of an effort to replace the service’s ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Austal USA has started work on another United States Coast Guard cutter. According to an Austal USA news release, work just started on the Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter, ...

An ex-US Coast Guard (USCG) Hamilton-class cutter acquired by the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) arrived at the Sri Lankan port of Colombo on 12 May, approximately eight months after the vessel was formally ...

Lockport, Louisiana-based Bollinger Shipyards has secured a U.S. Coast Guard contract option worth approximately $507 million for 10 additional fast response cutters, or FRCs, and associated contract ...

USCGC Healy is one of the service's two operational icebreakers as the service faces delay in building new ships for polar missions. (Janes/Michael Fabey) The expected delivery date of the lead ship ...

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sea Dog (WPB 87373) sustained damage during the crew’s inbound transit from sea to the St. Marys River, Monday, the Coast Guard (USCG) said. The damaged cutter moored in ...