The five cutters will bring the total orders for the new ships to 11, with the first planned to be delivered in 2028.

American shipbuilder, Davie Defense, has been awarded a contract from the United States Coast Guard (USCG) to build five Arctic Security Cutters (ASCs), a new class of polar icebreaker critical to ...

Adm. Keven Lunday, commandant of the Coast Guard, testifying Jan. 29, 2026, before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, ...

US Coast Guard vessels are responsible for a lot more than chasing miscreants and intercepting contraband on the high seas.

The Coast Guard’s initial role in combating smuggling and enforcing tariff laws was critical to the success of the early American Republic. Back then, tariffs—or customs duties—provided as much as 90 ...

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

Coast Guard crews will break ice around the bridge during reconstruction, creating hazardous conditions with open water and unstable ice in a 1,000-yard stretch of the river.

Members of the United States Coast Guard rescued four boaters after their vessel capsized about 30 miles north of Key West. Coast Guard officials said an Air Station Miami HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew ...

Mobile-based shipbuilder Austal USA and the U.S. Coast Guard came together Monday to celebrate work on a ship that represents a critical future for both parties – if they can overcome problems so ...

A CGC Active boat crewman untangles the American flag from the cutter's small boat. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by YN3 Wesley K. Heuston) The United States Coast Guard, in coordination with the Department ...

The United States Coast Guard has held a formal swearing-in and assumption of command ceremony for Adm. Kevin Lunday as the 28 th Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard during an event at Coast Guard ...

A United States Coast Guard operation offloaded nearly 50,000 pounds of cocaine at Fort Lauderdale in Florida.Approximately 49,010 pounds of illicit narcotics worth more than $362 million were seized ...