The Coast Guard’s highest acquisition priority, the offshore patrol cutter program, has risk because construction is underway, but the plans for the ships are not finalized, according to a new ...

The Coast Guard has selected Eastern Shipbuilding to build its new Offshore Patrol Cutters and awarded the Florida shipbuilder a $110.3 million contract for the first hull and options for eight ...

But the Coast Guard tolerated the operational hiccups and, with no real show-stoppers, the Offshore Patrol Cutter program made steady progress. But in 2018, everything changed. Just as Eastern ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard selected Austal USA to take over its Offshore Patrol Cutter program, opting not to stick with Eastern Shipbuilding Group, which is building the program’s ...

The Storis icebreaker set out on its maiden journey for Juneau on Tuesday with plans to commission it there in August, but it ...

It was the first of many steel cuttings to come. Austal today announced plans to build up to 11 offshore patrol cutters for the U.S. Coast Guard. Larry Rogers, vice president of business ...

PANAMA CITY — In a surprising turn of events, Eastern Shipbuilding was not selected by the federal government to build the next 11 ships in the U.S. Coast Guard's Offshore Patrol Cutter Program.

Storis is commanded by Capt. Keith M. Ropella who currently serves as chief of cutter forces at Coast Guard Headquarters in ...

PENSACOLA, Fla. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Diligence (WMEC 616) returned to their home port in Pensacola, May 21, ...

There are several classes of Coast Guard ships that are called cutters. Learn where the name came from and why it's used so widely in today's service.