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8Jun

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Newly Built USCG Cutter Heads for Ketchikan, Alaska Homeport

U.S. Coast Guard cutter Douglas Denman, the 24th Fast Response Cutter built by Bollinger Shipyards in Key West, Florida, will be homeported in Ketchikan, Alaska. The 154-foot-long cutter will have a crew of 24, according to the USCG. Coast Guard officials accepted the vessel in Key West in late May, at a ceremony attended by Denman’s son, Doug Jr., daughter Karen, and the elder Denman’s grandchildren and their families. The Coast Guard is in the midst of a Fast Response Cutter (FRC) acquisition program to replace an aging Island-class 110-foot patrol boats. The vessels feature advanced command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance equipment and an over-the-horizon cutter boat. Douglas Denman is designed for multiple missions, including...

13Apr

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Polar Star Goes Into Dry Dock After 147-Day Antarctic Deployment

Polar Star, the nation’s only heavy icebreaker, returned from its 147-day mission is support of the U.S Antarctic Program, and other national interests in Antarctica and the Southern Hemisphere, going directly into dry dock at Vallejo, California, rather than its Seattle homeport. Work began on phase two of a five-year, $75 million Service Life Extension Program in early April. The Coast Guard is replacing antiquated technology to ensure the longevity of the operational heavy icebreaker while in drydock this year, supporting the Coast Guard’s enduring commitment to Antarctic operations. The 140-member Polar Star crew departed Seattle on Nov. 13, 2021 for the cutter’s 25th Operation Deep Freeze deployment and traveled 24,300 nautical miles to Antarctica and back. Coast Gua...

6Apr

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Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley Returns to Kodiak After Winter Bering Sea Patrol

The Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley is now back in port at Kodiak, Alaska after a 35-day winter Bering Sea patrol during which it engaged in domestic fisheries enforcement, responded to search and rescue incidents and performed at-sea medical evacuations from the Bering Sea fishing fleet. During the patrol, search and rescue cases resulted in them saving five lives, including an individual who experienced chest pain at Akutan and a 20-month-old child at King Cove suffering from respiratory distress. The crew maintained a law enforcement presence throughout the Aleutian Islands chain to prevent the illegal harvesting of U.S. fish stocks. During the patrol, they conducted seven fisheries boardings, investigated reports of two fishing vessels suspected of fishing in a closed Steller sea lio...

9Feb

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Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star at Work in Antarctic Breaking Ice at McMurdo Station

U.S. Coast Guard cutters from the West Coast have engaged in two lengthy missions, one in support of the United States Antarctic stations, and a second in counterdrug operations in the East Pacific Ocean. The first began on Nov. 13 with the departure of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star from its homeport in Seattle; the second began in mid-December at Port Angeles, California, concluding on Feb. 4. Crew aboard the Polar Star, on its 25th journey to Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze, were to spend January and February breaking ice at McMurdo Station for fuel and supply ships, then return to the west coast of the United States in March. Upon return in March, the 46-year-old Polar Star, the nation’s sole provider of icebreaking services, will head for drydock fo...

24Nov

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Coast Guard Cutter Healy Deployment Includes Extensive Seafloor Mapping

The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Healy has returned to their Seattle homeport after a 22,000-mile, 133-day deployment circumnavigating North America, during which they mapped over 20,000-square kilometers of seafloor, including 12,000 square kilometers of previously unmapped regions. The Healy also provided U.S. surface presence in the Arctic, supported high-latitude oceanographic research missions, participating in an international search-and-rescue exercise and exercises with surface vessels from the U.S., Canadian and Mexican navies. The crew also hosted members of the international science community and institutions from the U.S., Canada, Norway and Denmark that were conducting oceanographic research throughout the Arctic, including the Northwest passage and within Baf...

17Nov

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Polar Star Marks 25th Participation in Operation Deep Freeze

Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, the nation’s only heavy icebreaker, is off on its 25th journey to Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze, an annual joint military mission to resupply the U.S. Antarctic stations in support of the National Science Foundation, for the nation’s Antarctic Program. Polar Star left its homeport in Seattle on Nov 13 with a crew of 159 U.S Coast Guard men and women, heading south on its annual trek to Antarctica. Capt. William Woityra, commanding officer of the Polar Star, said that maintaining and operating the 45-year-old ship in the harshest environment on the planet makes for arduous duty, but that the crew are committed to this important mission, and “excited for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to visit a part of the world that most will n...

20Oct

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Coast Guard Cutter Munro Returns From 22,000 Nautical Mile Mission

Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard cutter Munro are bringing the vessel into its homeport at Almeda, California, today at the conclusion of a 102-day 22,000 nautical mile multi-mission deployment in support of United States Indo-Pacific Command. The vessel departed in July to begin the patrol of military operations in the region. The mission was to a 150-year role of the Coast Guard in the Indo-Pacific region in support of U.S. foreign policy and national security objectives in the Indo-Pacific Strategy and the National Security Strategy. The Coast Guard routinely provides forces in joint military operations worldwide, including deployment of cutters, boats, aircraft and deployable specialized forces. The Munro, one of four Coast Guard legend class national security cutters. N...

18Aug

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Coast Guard Cutter Munro Deployed in Support of US Indo-Pacific Command

Crew aboard the Legend-class Coast Guard Munro are currently deployed on a months-long mission in support of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, with plans to have exchanges and capacity-building exercises with partners and allies, and also patrol in the area. The cutter’s deployment to the Indo-Pacific theater aligns with the Integrated All-Domain Naval Power of the Naval Service. “An increased presence throughout the Indo-Pacific strengthens our alliances and partnerships through improved interoperability, which will enhance regional stability, promote rules-based order, and improve maritime governance and security in the region and globally,” said Vice Adm. Michael F. McAllister commander of the Coast Guard Pacific Area. The cutter’s mandate ranges from search and rescue to humanita...

11Aug

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Coast Guard Cutter Puts Heavy Focus on Albacore Tuna Vessels off Washington, Oregon

Crew aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Alert out of Astoria, Oregon, have completed 60-day law enforcement patrol focused on albacore tuna fishing within the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone of the coasts of Washington and Oregon. During the two-month patrol that concluded on Aug. 7, law enforcement teams from the Alert boarded 31 vessels, many of which had not been boarded in over a decade and issued 22 violations to commercial fishing vessel operators. Coast Guard officials note their key role in maintaining health populations of marine fish which includes preventing the decline of protected marine species populations and promoting the recovery of endangered marine habitats. They also partner with other agencies to enhance and sustain marine ecosystems. In addition to their enforcement ...

16Jun

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Coast Guard Cutter Stratton Returns to San Diego

Mission accomplished. After a 105-day deployment to Alaska, plus biannual shipboard training off the coast of San Diego, the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton has returned to its homeport at Alameda, California. During the deployment Stratton's crew, along with an MH-65 helicopter aircrew from Air Station Kodiak, patrolled the Bering Sea up to the ice edge of the Arctic, where they conducted search and rescue missions in the Bering Sea. With support from the ship’s unmanned aircraft system, the crew helped to safeguard Alaska’s multi-billion-dollar fishing industry with 15 fisheries law enforcement boardings, to ensure compliance with maritime laws. Their mission aided in protecting the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone by patrolling the maritime boundary line to prevent illegal harvest in U.S. wate...