Austal USA hosted a keel laying ceremony today for the first U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter ...

Austal USA, Mobile, Ala., hosted a keel laying ceremony today for the first 360'x54' U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Heritage-class ...

Fast Response Cutters are being homeported in Kodiak, Alaska, pictured here, the US gateway for Arctic patrols and related naval operations. (Janes/Michael Fabey) The US Coast Guard (USCG) ...

A Coast Guard 26-foot Response Boat-Small crew prepares to return to USCGC William Hart (WPC 1134) after boarding operations off the coast of Holualoa, Big Island, Oct. 21, 2019. William Hart 154-foot ...

Austal USA held a ceremony marking the official start of construction on the first U.S. Coast Guard Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) to be built at its Mobile, Ala., shipyard. The vessel, ...

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Oliver Henry (WPC 1140) arrives at the cutters new homeport in Santa Rita, Guam, Nov. 30, 2020. The Oliver Henry is the second of three scheduled Fast Response ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Austal USA has announced in a press release it has started construction on its second Offshore Patrol Cutter. Here is a portion of the release. Mobile, Ala. – Austal USA started ...

Mobile, Ala. – The U.S. Coast Guard exercised options worth $314 million to Austal USA for the Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) program. The contract options provide Austal USA approval to order long lead ...

Argus (WMSM-915), the first ship of the heritage class of medium endurance offshore patrol cutters, enters the water during a christening ceremony in Panama City, Fla., Oct. 27, 2023. US Coast Guard ...

Austal USA was awarded a $273 million contract option by the U.S. Coast Guard to construct a second Stage 2 Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter, or OPC. The shipbuilding company said Wednesday the ...

The U.S. Coast Guard commissioned its 56th Fast Response Cutter and first one to be stationed in the Pacific Northwest during a ceremony held in Astoria, Ore., Thursday, marking the vessel's official ...

Austal USA, Mobile, Ala., held a keel-laying ceremony Monday for Pickering (WMSM 919), the first U.S. Coast Guard ...