Coast Guard holds change-of-homeport ceremony
U.S. Coast Guard Cutters Tahoma (WMEC 908) and Campbell (WMEC 909) sit moored at Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island, August 19, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Briana Carter)
NEWPORT, R.I. — The Coast Guard held a joint change-of-homeport ceremony for Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma (WMEC 908) and Coast Guard Cutter Campbell (WMEC 909) Friday at Naval Station Newport, Rhode...
Coast Guard to welcome cutters Campbell and Tahoma to Rhode Island
BOSTON — The U.S. Coast Guard will hold a ceremony welcoming the Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma (WMEC 908) and the Coast Guard Cutter Campbell (WMEC 909) to their new homeport at Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island on Friday, August 19, 2022.
Due to COVID mitigation, in-person attendance is limited, and the event is not open to the public.
Adm. Linda Fagan, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, will preside...
Coast Guard announces Offshore Patrol Cutter homeport
An artists rendering of the Heritage class Offshore Patrol Cutter courtesy of Eastern Shipbuilding Group.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Coast Guard announced today that Naval Station Newport, R.I. will be home to future Heritage Class Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPCs).
“I am excited to announce the homeporting of two Offshore Patrol Cutters at Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island,” said Admiral Karl L. Schultz,...
Coast Guard cutter corrals wayward buoy in Long Island Sound
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Oak (WLB-211) sits at anchor. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ensign Emily E. Torsney.
NEWPORT, Rhode Island – Built to guide mariners through safe waters, the Valiant Rock Lighted Whistle Buoy 11 was dangerously adrift in the Long Island Sound.
When ferry operators traveling between Orient Point and Fishers Island, New York, first reported the buoy off station on Jan. 17, the...
Coast Guard crews to conduct oil spill exercise in Narragansett Bay
BOSTON – The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Juniper will conduct their annual oil spill recovery exercise in Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island, Friday.
The crew of the 225-foot buoy tender CGC Juniper and personnel from local Coast Guard units will depart at 8 a.m., from Pier 2 at Naval Station Newport to conduct training on the Spilled Oil Recovery System.
The SORS consists of outrigger arms, fast-sweep...
