News Release from District 7 (HQ Miami). Coast Guard ready for Hurricane Ian U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 09/27/2022 09:05 PM EDT News Release U.S. Coast Guard 7th District Southeast Coast Guard ready for Hurricane Ian Editor’s Note: … Continue reading
The crew of USCGC Oliver Henry (WPC 1140) host Chargé d’affaires Alissa Bibb and her team aboard upon arrival in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, on Sept. 14, 2022. Following stops in Australia and Papua New Guinea, we’ve been patrolling … Continue reading
Recently I had to look up homeports of WMECs. I found that there did not seem to be a single comprehensive up to date list. Seemed it might be useful to share the list. I have added the Bertholf class … Continue reading
Below is a First District news release. This is good news for those hoping to see some new cutters in New England. We have known for a while that Webber class FRCs were going to Boston, but the surprise I … Continue reading
Announcement by Pacific Area regarding a significant international conference. News Release April 5, 2022 MEDIA ADVISORY: US, Philippine Coast Guard representatives available for media interviews about maritime law enforcement forum in Guam Who: Rear Adm. Peter W. Gautier, deputy commander, U.S. … Continue reading
ADM K.L Schultz delivered his “State of the Coast Guard 2022” at Air Station Clearwater, today, 24 February 2022. You can read the prepared speech here. There is an awful lot in the 13 pages. Much of it deals with … Continue reading
gCaptain brings us a report on Coast Guard icebreaking on the Great Lakes, based on information provided by the Great Lakes Maritime Task Force, a Great Lakes shipping special interest group. Should this be a Coast Guard function? There are … Continue reading
Canada is taking Fisheries Enforcement seriously, News release December 20, 2021 – Vancouver B.C. On November 12, 2021, in the B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver, Scott Stanley Matthew Steer — a repeat offender under Canada’s Fisheries Act — was handed a lifetime … Continue reading
Just got this comment from Peter on an earlier post, All four 52 footers are officially retired today. They are all currently underway to rendezvous at Station Cape Disappointment. The Intrepid left Coos Bay yesterday, the Victory left Yaquina Bay … Continue reading
The photo above came with the press release below. I don’t normally publish these routine patrol reports, but I wanted to publish the picture to illustrate how the Coast Guard is sheltering large numbers of migrants on small cutters. You … Continue reading
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