CLARENDON COUNTY, S.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – King Cutter couldn’t go anywhere with 1,000-pounds of golf cart laying on his right leg. Luckily, though, his cellphone automatically dialed 911 and a ...

Here is a portion of the release. Mobile, Ala. – Austal USA started construction on its second Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC), Icarus (WMSM 920). Like Pickering (WMSM 919), Icarus is ...

Austal USA hosted a keel laying ceremony today for the first U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) to be built at the company’s Mobile, Ala. ship manufacturing facility.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Marcus Lee, an electronics technician aboard Coast Guard Cutter Munro, hugs his dog in Alameda, California, after returning to homeport, July 15, 2019. The national security ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Sparks flew and cheers erupted as the first cut of steel began construction of the newest offshore patrol cutter at Austal USA. It was the first of many steel cuttings to come.

As the U.S Coast Guard’s oldest mid-endurance cutters enter their sixth decade afloat, the veteran ships are still breaking new ground, demonstrating that even the simplest fleet of patrol craft, when ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – The Coast Guard Cutter Forward (WMEC 911) returned to their home port in Portsmouth Monday after a 79-day patrol to conduct counter-drug operations. While in patrol, the ...

USCGC Confidence’s (WMEC 619) small boat crew converges on a Cuban migrant vessel in support of Operation Vigilant Sentry off the coast of Key West, Florida, Jan. 21, 2023. Confidence’s crew patrolled ...

The Coast Guard’s program of record (POR), which dates to 2004, calls for procuring 8 National Security Cutters (NSCs), 25 Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPCs), and 65 Fast Response Cutters (FRCs) as ...

Mobile-based shipbuilder Austal USA will build $3.3 billion in new Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPC) for the U.S. Coast Guard, a federal judge ruled this week, according to court documents. Austal had ...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - One of the largest private employer in Northwest Florida is losing part of a massive contract. Eastern Shipbuilding Group is losing a portion of its federal contract to ...