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MSRT: Coast Guard’s specialized force to be reckoned with
Apr 21, 2014 · The MSRT, appropriately called a “ready assault force”, conducts maritime threat response unilaterally or as part of an interagency adaptive force package. The teams are capable of interdicting, boarding, and verifying threats, and when required, engaging in offensive operations against a hostile threat. “This is a very good type of ...
Coast Guard awards contract for Offshore Patrol Cutter Acquisition
Jun 30, 2022 · WASHINGTON – The Coast Guard awarded a fixed-price incentive (firm target) contract to Austal USA of Mobile, Ala. to produce up to 11 offshore patrol cutters (OPCs). The initial award is valued at $208.26 million and supports detail design and long lead-time material for the fifth OPC, with options for production of up to 11 […]
Coast Guard completes investigation into Ever Forward grounding
Dec 6, 2022 · BALTIMORE – U.S. Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capitol Region completed its marine casualty investigation on Tuesday into the March 13, 2022, grounding of the container ship Ever Forward in the Craighill Channel. The Report of the Investigation determined the incident’s causal factors to be the pilot’s failure to maintain situational awareness and attention while navigating, […]
LORAN Station Attu: The Last Place on Earth - Coast Guard News
ATTU ISLAND, Alaska - The final 20 man crew of Loran Station Attu stand with veterans Ron Caswell (left) and Don Funk (right) atop the steps of the desommissioned Loran C station at Massacre Bay Aug. 27, 2010. The Loran signal operated for 66 years on Attu Island. U.S. Coast Guard photos by Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis.
Coast Guard welcomes new Sector San Diego commanding officer
SAN DIEGO — Capt. James Spitler relieved Capt. Timothy Barelli as the Coast Guard Sector San Diego commander during a change of command ceremony in San Diego, Thursday. Rear Adm. Andrew M. Sugimoto, the 11th Coast Guard District commander, presided over the time-honored military tradition that represents a formal transfer of authority and responsibility for […]
Search and Rescue Archives - Coast Guard News
Jul 31, 2023 · Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet and Dare County responded to a capsized 20-foot airboat West of Oregon Inlet on July 26, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet/Released) PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard rescued 11 people from the water Wednesday after an airboat capsized near Oregon Inlet, in North ...
Hull, Massachusetts recertified as Coast Guard city
Jun 13, 2022 · The City of Hull was recertified as a Coast Guard city at a ceremony June 12, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Amanda Wyrick/Released) BOSTON – The town of Hull, Massachusetts was re-designated as a Coast Guard city during a Recertification Ceremony, Sunday, at the Hull Lifesaving Museum. Hull was initially designated ...
Coast Guard Cutter Winslow Griesser collision investigation
Jul 7, 2023 · Portsmouth, Va. – U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area has taken final action on the investigation involving the at-sea collision of the Coast Guard Cutter Winslow Griesser (WPC 1116) and the 23-foot vessel Desakata. The collision occurred on August 8, 2022, at approximately 1:45pm, four miles northeast of Dorado, Puerto Rico.
Coast Guard to base 2 new cutters in Astoria, Oregon
Apr 28, 2017 · WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard announced Friday it will homeport two of the service’s new Sentinel-Class 154-foot Fast Response Cutters (FRC) in Astoria, Oregon, starting in 2021. These two ships have not yet been named, but the FRCs are named after enlisted Coast Guard personnel who distinguished themselves in the line of duty.