Since then, "cutter" became a catch-all term for any Coast Guard vessel over 65 feet that has a permanently assigned crew and the facilities to support extended operations at sea. It doesn't refer ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The U.S. Coast Guard will commission the USCGC Charles Moulthrope fast response cutter (FRC) into service at Coast Guard Base Portsmouth on Thursday. The ship is the Coast ...

The Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous returned to its homeport in Portsmouth, Va., on July 1 after a 51-day patrol in support of Operation Vigilant Sentry.

Ingalls Shipbuilding transferred ownership of its latest National Security Cutter to the U.S. Coast Guard during a delivery ceremony held aboard the ship, berthed at the Pascagoula, Miss., on ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Eight Coast Guard cutters have been sidelined in Key West by $93 million worth of failed renovations, but officials said their duties would be assumed by other vessels ...

The Department of Homeland Security approved full production of the first U.S. Coast Guard Polar Security Cutter (PSC), April 30, 2025.

All legacy U.S. Coast Guard medium- and high-endurance cutters now have access to the Defense Department's secret Internet protocol router network (SIPRNET), a classified wide-area network. The ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Legare is back home after the ship returned to its homeport in Portsmouth on Friday. The Legare returned from an eight-week counter-narcotic ...

An Alaska-based U.S. Coast Guard cutter on Saturday detained a Chinese-flagged vessel on suspicion of illegal fishing using driftnets, the Coast Guard said in a news release Friday. Custody of the ...