USCGC Argus launches at the Eastern Shipbuilding Group shipyard in Panama City, Florida, October 27. Space for the rear helicopter deck and be seen to the right. Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. Each ...

July 18, 2022: Australian shipbuilder Austal, which has one of its ship building facilities in the United States, recently won a competition to build 11 of the new Coast Guard 4,500-ton Heritage class ...

PANAMA CITY, Fla., Oct. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Eastern Shipbuilding Group christened and launched USCGC ARGUS (WMSM-915), the U.S. Coast Guard's first Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) on ...

Austal USA held a ceremony marking the official start of construction on the first U.S. Coast Guard Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) to be built at its Mobile, Ala., shipyard. The vessel, ...

This story has been updated on with additional information from Austal USA and HII. The shipyard first tapped to build what the Coast Guard considers its most important shipbuilding program is ...

In a production still, the first Offshore Patrol Cutter is expected to launch sometime in 2022. After barely more than two weeks at the helm, the new U.S. Coast Guard Commandant, Admiral Linda Fagan, ...