Coast Guard breaks ground on new cutter support facility

Coast Guard breaks ground on new cutter support facility
The ground breaking ceremony for a new cutter support facility at Base Los Angeles/Long Beach, July 28, 2021. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Richard W. Brahm. SAN PEDRO, Calif. — The Coast Guard broke ground Wednesday on a new facility at Base Los Angeles/Long Beach in San Pedro that will be home to the service’s newest additions to its fleet. Located at 1001 S. Seaside Avenue,...

Coast Guard exercises construction option for lead Offshore Patrol Cutter

Coast Guard exercises construction option for lead Offshore Patrol Cutter
An artists rendering of the Coast Guards new Offshore Patrol Cutter due to be delivered in Fiscal Year 2021. Rendering courtesy of Eastern Shipbuilding Group. WASHINGTON — Today, the Coast Guard exercised contract options with Eastern Shipbuilding Group to begin construction of the lead offshore patrol cutter (OPC), Argus, and to acquire long lead-time materials for the second OPC, Chase. This milestone,...

Coast Guard Cutter Chase to be decommissioned March 29

SAN DIEGO – A decommissioning ceremony for one of the Coast Guard’s 378-foot high endurance cutters will be held at Pier 4, at Naval Base San Diego, Tuesday, March 29, at 10 a.m. The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Chase, homeported in San Diego, will be decommissioned after 43-years of service in a ceremony presided over by Vice Adm. Manson K. Brown, commander, Coast Guard Pacific Area. The fourth of...

Coast Guard Commandants Message on the FY 2012 Budget

Admiral Bob Papp, Commandant of the U.S. Coast GuardLast night, the Coast Guard released a message from the Commandant, Admiral Bob Papp, to the members of the service informing them of what the President had requested for the Coast Guard in the FY 2012 budget. Here are his comments. SUBJ: SHIPMATE 10 – FY 2012 PRESIDENTS BUDGET Yesterday the President delivered the Coast Guard Fiscal Year (FY)...