The term "cutter" has roots in maritime history, long before the modern Coast Guard even existed. In the 18th century, a cutter was a specific type of small, fast sailing ship, usually with a ...

The U.S. Coast Guard commissioned its newest cutter, the USCGC Calhoun (WMSL 759), on Saturday at Coast Guard Base Charleston, S.C. The Legend-class national security cutter is named for the first ...

Valiant spent its first 24 years in the Coast Guard Eighth District area of responsibility while being homeported in ...

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 will double its Guam fleet to six cutters but doesn’t plan to accompany the Philippine coast guard as it struggles to maintain territorial claims in the South China Sea, ...

Austal USA has won one of the biggest contracts the Mobile-based shipyard has ever received, building Coast Guard cutters in a deal with a potential value of $3.3 billion. By comparison ...

Lt. Chelsea Sheehy, commanding officer of U.S. Coast Guard cutter Charles Sexton, stands forward of the bridge in Key West, Florida. Sheehy is Military Times' 2023 Coast Guardsman of the Year.

A decommissioning ceremony honoring the soon-to-be retired U.S. Coast Guard cutter Naushon will be held on Friday, March 21 on the Homer Spit. The Naushon has been part of the Coast Guard’s ...

NEWPORT, R.I. (WAVY) — A Coast Guardsman from the Eastern Shore recently got the honor of leading the color guard at the commissioning of the Coast Guard’s newest cutter. But it wasn’t until ...