MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Austal USA has started work on another United States Coast Guard cutter. According to an Austal USA news release, work just started on the Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter, ...

The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star returned to its home port of Seattle on Tuesday after spending nearly a year away from the city, a service news release said. The cutter’s 308 days away from home ...

Austal USA hosted a keel laying ceremony today for the first U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) to be built at the company’s Mobile, Ala. ship manufacturing facility.

An estimated $20 billion Coast Guard shipbuilding program that has failed to put a cutter into service amid ballooning costs and lengthy delays must have better oversight, according to a government ...