The first of three new fast response U.S. Coast Guard cutters set to be based in Kodiak arrived on Wednesday. Earlier this month, Coast Guard Lt. Jake Daubert told the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly ...

CDR SOON: The hull of the first Fast Response Cutter, the smallest of three classes of new cutters planned to recapitalize the U.S. Coast Guard's surface fleet under the Deepwater recapitalization ...

NEW LONDON, CT (WFSB) - A day of celebration, as the Coast Guard’s newest fast response cutter is put into service. Robert Bell is one Melvin Bell’s nine children, a more than 60-year serviceman to ...

Bollinger Shipyards recently delivered the USCGC David Duren to the U.S. Coast Guard in Key West, Fla. This is the 182nd vessel Bollinger has delivered to the U.S. Coast Guard over a 35-year period ...

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter John Witherspoon (WPC 1158) arrived at the cutter’s new homeport in Kodiak, Tuesday.The cutter is scheduled to be commissioned during a ceremony in April.The Witherspoon ...

Fast Response Cutters are being homeported in Kodiak, Alaska, pictured here, the US gateway for Arctic patrols and related naval operations. (Janes/Michael Fabey) The US Coast Guard (USCG) ...

FAST RESPONSE CUTTER: Northrop Grumman Ship Systems still could compete for the B-variant of the U.S. Coast Guard's Fast Response Cutter (FRC) when the service releases its request for proposals later ...