KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard commissioned its newest and sixth Arctic District Fast Response Cutter (FRC), Coast Guard Cutter Frederick Mann (WPC 1160), for official entry into its service fleet during a ceremony held in Kodiak, Friday. The ceremony was presided over by Rear Adm. Bob Little, commander of the Arctic District. Members of the Mann family were also in attendance, including the cutter’s sponsor, Mrs. […]
WASHINGTON — The Coast Guard is completing final delivery activities this week for its 18th fully missionized HC-130J long range surveillance aircraft, designated CGNR 2018, at L3Harris Integrated Mission Systems in Waco, Texas. The aircraft will support the transition of Air Station Sacramento, California, from C-27J aircraft to HC-130Js. Three Coast Guard air stations currently […]
Lunday: “One of the first [options] that I want [my team] to present…is for homeporting up to four icebreakers in Alaska.” WASHINGTON— Thursday, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), chair of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries, convened a hearing examining the Coast Guard’s presence in the Arctic, where he received confirmation […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard rescued two people from a fishing vessel that ran aground in Pasagshak Bay offshore Kodiak, Wednesday. No injuries were reported. At 7:08 a.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic command center received a report from the fishing vessel Quantum they were taking on water approximately two miles […]