The Island-class vessels are a Coast Guard modification of a highly successful British-designed patrol boat. It is unlikely that many Americans think very often about Tunisia, a North African that got ...

Patrol boat USCGC Maui (WPB 1304) and fast response cutter USCGC Robert Goldman (WPC 1142) transit the Arabian Gulf en route to Bahrain, May 24. Robert Goldman and USCGC Charles Moulthrope (WPC 1141) ...

Three former US Coast Guard patrol boats (pictured) were recently commissioned into the Colombian Navy. (Colombian Navy) The Colombian Navy (ARC) has commissioned three Island-class patrol boats, ...

As it meets the presidential directives to beef up assets in Alaska, the US Coast Guard (USCG) is decommissioning older cutters as it makes room for new and more advanced patrol craft. The service ...

The US Coast Guard decommissioned Coast Guard Cutter Mustang (WPB 1310) after nearly 40 years of service. Commissioned on August 29, 1986, Mustang was the 10th Island-Class cutter to join the fleet.

A multibillion-dollar effort to modernize the Coast Guard's fleet has suffered delays, cost increases, design flaws and, most recently, the idling of eight 123-foot patrol boats that were found to be ...

The news of this incident comes to us via an article published on April 21, 2025, titled “Tunisia Commissions Two U.S.-Donated Island-Class Patrol Boats to Boost Mediterranean Security.” To wit: “On ...