There are several classes of Coast Guard ships that are called cutters. Learn where the name came from and why it's used so widely in today's service.

The Coast Guard and Eastern Shipbuilding are negotiating the end of the Offshore Patrol Cutter program at the Florida shipyard, the service confirmed in a statement to USNI News this week. Eastern ...

USCGC Polar Star (WAGB 10) responds to a request for assistance from an Australian-owned cruise ship stuck in the ice along the Ross Sea amid Operation Deep Freeze 2026 on the cutter’s 50th birthday, ...

Capt. James O’Mara (left) and Capt. Rula Deisher (right) salute each other during the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro’s (WMSL 755) change of command ceremony in San Diego, May 30, 2024. Vice Adm. Andrew ...

(The Center Square) — Passage of the “Big, Beautiful Bill” this summer has provided a jolt to the U.S. Coast Guard‘s shipbuilding program as it seeks to replace most of its aging fleet. The service’s ...

The government-owned vessels being sent by Beijing to waters around the Japan-controlled but China-claimed Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands are China Coast Guard (CCG) ships, some of which include the service’s ...