Last May, DHS approved production of the service’s first polar security cutter to be built in nearly five decades.

The US Coast Guard (UCG) is rapidly advancing with the acquisition of Arctic Security Cutters (ASCs) and has acquired five more vessels under the programme. With the new order, the total number of ...

The Coast Guard has committed $323 million to modernize its Seattle base in Washington, which will be home to future Polar Security Cutter icebreakers critical to far-flung frozen Arctic and Antarctic ...

The Coast Guard commissioned its newest and sixth Arctic District Fast Response Cutter (FRC), Coast Guard Cutter Frederick Mann (WPC ...

The U.S. Coast Guard is actively conducting icebreaking operations around the Northern Tier of the U.S. to help vessels ...

The five cutters will bring the total orders for the new ships to 11, with the first planned to be delivered in 2028.

Attendees bow their heads during the convocation for the April 3, 2025 commissioning of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter John Witherspoon, held in an Air Station Kodiak hangar. The first of three new U.S.

The U.S. Coast Guard says it has finished awarding contracts for 11 new Arctic Security Cutters, a move that will reshape America’s small but important icebreaker fleet. The decision, announced in ...