July 8, 2021

MH-65 program delivers upgraded MH-65E helicopters to Sector North Bend

The Coast Guard short range recovery helicopter program delivered CGNR 6521 to Sector North Bend, Oregon, June 28.

July 7, 2021

MH-60T Sustainment program adds five hulls to IDIQ contract

The Coast Guard ordered five new H-60 hulls for its helicopter fleet July 6, bringing the total number of hulls ordered on the existing indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract with Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation of Stratford, Connecticut, to 30 hulls. Total value of this delivery order is just over $34 million.

July 7, 2021

Former Coast Guard cutter en route to Vietnam

The ex-John Midgett, one of the Coast Guard’s last three Hamilton-class high endurance cutters, departed Seattle June 1 for its new home in Vietnam through an Excess Defense Articles (EDA) transfer.

July 1, 2021

Coast Guard accepts 45th fast response cutter

The Coast Guard accepted delivery today of the 45th fast response cutter (FRC), Emlen Tunnell, in Key West, Florida.

June 23, 2021

Coast Guard Cutter Thunder Bay completes HVAC upgrade

Coast Guard Cutter Thunder Bay departed Coast Guard Yard in Curtis Bay, Maryland, June 18 after completion of an HVAC system upgrade to increase heating and cooling capacities. Thunder Bay is the second of nine 140-foot icebreaking tugs to undergo this work.

June 17, 2021

Coast Guard begins HC-130J operations at Air Station Barbers Point, Hawaii

Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point, Hawaii, received its first HC-130J Super Hercules long range surveillance aircraft June 11.

June 11, 2021

Coast Guard Cutter Oak heads to homeport after completion of major maintenance availability

Coast Guard Cutter Oak departed Coast Guard Yard in Curtis Bay, Maryland, May 15 after completion of its major maintenance availability (MMA). Oak returned to its Newport, Rhode Island, homeport after the six-month industrial work period ended.

June 3, 2021

Coast Guard awards four contracts supporting OTH V cutter boat program

The Coast Guard awarded contracts to four companies today, in a step toward acquiring the next generation of Coast Guard over the horizon cutter boats, the OTH V.

June 2, 2021

Coast Guard accepts delivery of last LRI II cutter boat

The Coast Guard accepted delivery of the 12th and final long range interceptor II (LRI II) in Charleston, South Carolina, in April. This program delivered one LRI II for each of the first nine national security cutters (NSCs) and a maintenance relief hull for each NSC homeport – Charleston, South Carolina, Alameda, California, and Honolulu.

May 26, 2021

Coast Guard cutters arrive at Bahrain homeport

Coast Guard fast response cutters (FRCs) Charles Moulthrope and Robert Goldman arrived at their new homeport of Manama, Bahrain, May 25. They are the first two of six FRCs to be assigned to Patrol Forces Southwest Asia (PATFORSWA). Additional cutters are planned for arrival in 2022 and 2023. The FRCs will replace the existing Coast Guard Island-class patrol boats Aquidneck and Adak.