Coast Guard agrees to contract for new class of Arctic cutters

The U.S. Coast Guard announced on Wednesday that it doled out a $3.5 billion contract to Davie Defense to build and deliver a ...
Navy Times

Contractor awarded $3.5 billion to build out US Coast Guard’s Arctic Security Cutters fleet

U.S. shipbuilder Davie Defense Inc. announced on Wednesday that it has finalized its contract with the U.S. Coast Guard to ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Divers Discover the Shipwreck of a World War I-Era Coast Guard Cutter, Which Vanished With 131 Sailors on Board in 1918

The wreckage of the "Tampa," which was torpedoed by a German submarine, was found 50 miles off the coast of Cornwall, England ...
Stars and Stripes

Coast Guard cutter program that has delivered zero ships at risk of further problems, GAO says

An estimated $20 billion Coast Guard shipbuilding program that has failed to put a cutter into service amid ballooning costs and lengthy delays must have better oversight, according to a government ...
Stars and Stripes

Coast Guard cutter honoring 9/11 first responder to join Guam fleet this summer

The Coast Guard’s newest fast-response cutter, named for a reserve petty officer who died on 9/11, is expected to join three others on Guam this summer, the service announced Friday. The 62nd Sentinel ...
WLOX

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star marks 50 years of service, begins Operation Deep Freeze 2026

SOUTHERN OCEAN (WLOX) - The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) began icebreaking operations in the Southern Ocean as part of Operation Deep Freeze 2026 and marked its 50th year of ...