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
gCaptain reports, The U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Tuesday approved $1 billion for U.S. Coast Guard shore side infrastructure nationwide and $350 million for a heavy icebreaker for the Great Lakes. The funds were approved as part of … Continue reading
Below is a news release from D8. What I found interesting here is, “Station Memphis is the second of five new Coast Guard stations to be commissioned in the Coast Guard 8th District’s Western Rivers Sectors.” The push for new … Continue reading
National Defense provided the first report I saw on the Presidents FY2022 budget request for the Coast Guard, reporting it as flat relative to the FY2021 budget as enacted. The Navy League Magazine, Seapower, on line edition has a pretty … Continue reading
As reported here earlier, PACAREA Commander VAdm Fagan expressed concern that the Coast Guard might be seen differently if its ships were better armed. “… the reaction might be different if the Coast Guard were to sort of look like … Continue reading
Naval News reports that the world’s largest icebreaker, “Arkika,” has completed sea trials. This is the first of five Project 22220 nuclear powered icebreakers. This class is quite remarked for its number of ships, their size, their speed, their power, … Continue reading
This is the second part of a reexamination of where critical ports are in the US and where the cutters that might be needed to protect them are homeported. Consolidated Target and Homeport List: I have reproduced this listing from … Continue reading
This is going to be an update of a post published 22 Nov. 2015. “Ruminating on Homeports While Playing the Red Cell.” A recently published “National Fleet Plan” prompted that examination. Unfortunately there has apparently been no later edition of … Continue reading
The following is a news release reproduced in its entirety. One less cutter in PACAREA. Only one operational 378 remaining in the Coast Guard. News Release Aug. 21, 2020 U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area Contact: Coast Guard Pacific Area Public Affairs … Continue reading
W B Young asked, “I was wondering if they are going to base these two WMSM in R.I., what base/homeport is losing ships to make up for this? What with 25 tentative WMSM replacing 28 current WMEC some homeport(s) were … Continue reading
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