Alex Haley: Coast Guard’s First Chief Journalist Became Pulitzer Prize-winning Author
It’s literally one of a kind, the only Coast Guard cutter in the Alex Haley class of medium-endurance cutters: Affectionately …
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Coast Guard Crews Rescue 1 Russian, 1 Kazakh, 4 Uzbek Men from Distressed Sailing Vessel Near Puerto Rico
Coast Guard air and surface crews rescued a Russian, a Kazakh and four Uzbek men Thursday night from a distressed …
Coast Guard Cutters Begin Operation Aiga in Oceania
The crews of the Coast Guard Cutter Juniper (WLB 201) and Joseph Gerczak (WPC 1126) will aim to extend the …
Eastern Shipbuilding Group Completes Major Infrastructure Improvement Project to Support Offshore Patrol Cutter Program
by Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc.
On Thursday, January 20th, Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. (ESG) announced the completion of a new, …
The Coast Guard’s Vertical Leap
In 1915, the Revenue Cutter Service and Life-Saving Service were merged to create the United States Coast Guard. The beginning …
The Coast Guard Supports Space Launches and Reentries
What goes up may come down. For launches from spaceports like Kennedy Space Center (KSC) at Cape Canaveral in Florida, …
The Yard: USCG Shipyard Curtis Bay’s Storied Past and Vital Future
The U.S. Coast Guard Shipyard at Curtis Bay in Baltimore, Maryland, has designed, built, maintained and renovated Coast Guard, Navy, …
The Disaster That Would Not End
When an explosion ripped through the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the northern part of the Gulf of Mexico, few …
Off and Running: Coast Guard Operationalizes Strategy to Fight Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing
It was a voyage to less-frequented waters. From late December 2020 to early March 2021, the newest Coast Guard national …
Hamilton-class Cutters Were Ahead of Their Time, and Lasted Well Beyond It
The April 2021 decommissioning of USCGC Douglas Munro (WHEC 724) at Coast Guard Station Kodiak, Alaska, marked more than the …