The US Coast Guard commissioned its newest Sentinel-class fast response cutter (FRC) into service in a ceremony in New London, Connecticut, on Thursday, March 28. Built by Bollinger Shipyards of Louisiana, USCGC Melvin Bell honours the late Master Chief Petty Officer Melvin Kealoha Bell, a native...
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US Coast Guard takes delivery of fast response cutter David Duren
The US Coast Guard has taken delivery of a new Sentinel-class fast response cutter (FRC) built by Bollinger Shipyards of Louisiana. The future USCGC David Duren is the first of three FRCs that will be homeported in Astoria, Oregon, as part of Sector Columbia River. This sector is responsible for...
Inadequate lookout led to deadly 2022 collision involving US Coast Guard cutter off Puerto Rico
The fatal collision between a US Coast Guard cutter and a small boat off the coast of Puerto Rico last year resulted from the failure of either vessel to maintain a prope ..
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Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | May 19 – Russian and Qatari corvettes plus US Navy and Coast Guard surface vessels
It’s an all-delivery roundup with new corvettes for the Qatari and Russian navies, a littoral combat ship for the US Navy, and a fast cutter for the US Coast Guard. Lit ..
Coast Guard Commissions Newest Cutter Warren Deyampert
BOSTON — The Coast Guard’s newest cutter, the Coast Guard Cutter Warren Deyampert (WPC-1151), was commissioned at Coast Guard Base Boston, March 30. Chief Warrant Officer Lance DeFoggi, assumed command…
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Emergency Service Vessel News Roundup | March 10 – A rescue boat for Western Australia, a coast guard fast cutter and fireboats for US municipal operators
Deliveries include a rescue boat for a Western Australia-based volunteer organisation, two fireboats for an operator in Maryland, and a US Coast Guard fast cutter. A Cali ..
US Navy, Coast Guard intercept explosive material bound for Yemen
Vessels of the US Navy and the US Coast Guard intercepted a fishing vessel in the Gulf of Oman smuggling lethal aid, including a large quantity of explosive material, fro ..
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Emergency Service Vessel News Roundup | October 11 – Norwegian police RIB, Belgian SAR boat and US response vessels
Deliveries include a rescue boat for Flemish waters and a police interceptor RIB for Norway’s coastal areas. Also, the US Coast Guard commissions its newest fast respon ..
Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | August 10 – New fast cutter for US Coast Guard, US Navy and Guyana Defence Force vessel orders
A new multi-role cutter has been delivered to the US Coast Guard as the US Navy and the Guyana military place orders for additional vessels. Meanwhile, a veteran US Navy ..
One killed after US Coast Guard cutter, fishing boat collide off Puerto Rico
One person was killed while another suffered non-life-threatening injuries after a fishing boat and a US Coast Guard vessel collided off the northern coast of Puerto Rico ..
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