The U.S. House of Representatives has approved bipartisan legislation to strengthen, support and authorize funding through ...

While on a 59-day patrol in the Eastern Pacific, the crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Resolute seized almost 12,600 pounds ...

T he term "cutter" has roots in maritime history, long before the modern Coast Guard even existed. In the 18th century, a cutter was a specific type of small, fast sailing ship, usually with a ...

A Coast Guard vessel will be docked at Portsmouth's Prescott Park Dock until October 1st due to storm damage at its usual New Castle station. Portsmouth City Council waived the $4,200 dock fees ...

While the Navy began phasing out its numbered system in the late 1980s, ending it completely by 1999 with only the Naval ...

US Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) interdicts a suspected drug smuggling vessel while patrolling the Eastern Pacific Ocean, April 17, 2025. U.S. Coast Guard Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class ...

Attendees bow their heads during the convocation for the April 3, 2025 commissioning of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter John Witherspoon, held in an Air Station Kodiak hangar. The first of three new U ...

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Calhoun offloaded approximately 19,055 pounds of cocaine and marijuana at Port Everglades in Florida. The contraband is worth an estimated $140.9 million and was the result ...

The Coast Guard decommissioned USCGC Mustang on Tuesday in Seward, Alaska, after nearly 40 years of service, the service said in a news release. “The decommissioning of Mustang is a bittersweet ...

The Cutter James dropped off more than 44,500 pounds of seized cocaine and nearly 4,000 pounds of marijuana in Port Everglades, Fla., the U.S. Coast Guard reported April 9.

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.