Work has halted on the US Coast Guard's initial Offshore Patrol Cutters, shown here in a rendering. (Eastern Shipbuilding Group) A bit more than a week after the Florida-based Eastern Shipbuilding ...

Fairbanks Morse Defense’s All-Electric Davit by Welin Lambie Achieves First Article Test Milestone for US Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutter Program TWPIV 5.0E uses proven technology to deliver an all ...

The Coast Guard authenticated the keel for the future Coast Guard Cutter Pickering during a ceremony Monday in Mobile, Alabama. Keel authentication is a time-honored shipbuilding tradition marking the ...

Mobile-based shipbuilder Austal USA and the U.S. Coast Guard came together Monday to celebrate work on a ship that represents a critical future for both parties – if they can overcome problems so ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Austal USA has announced it is holding a keel laying ceremony December 8th for the U.S. Coast Guard’s Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter USCGC Pickering (OPC 919). Here is a ...

A close-up of the tig weld that was placed during the Coast Guard Cutter Pickering (OPC 5) keel laying ceremony for the first Heritage-Class Offshore Patrol Cutter in Mobile, Alabama, Dec. 8, 2025. (U ...