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USCGC Steelhead Shifts Homeport to Fort Macon NC

August 18, 2021 admin

Coast Guard Cutter Steelhead (WPB 87324) officially arrived at her new homeport of Fort Macon August 6, 2021. The Steelhead is a coastal patrol boat with a crew of 11 men and women whose area of operations ranges from the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay near Cape Charles and Cape Henry, Va., to the South Carolina border. Steelhead joins Coast…

U.S. Coast Guard Commissions 44th Fast Response Cutter

August 9, 2021August 9, 2021 admin

USCGC Glen Harris (WPC 1144) became the U.S. Coast Guard’s newest fast response cutter during a commissioning ceremony August 6, 2021 at Coast Guard Sector Field Office Fort Macon. The Glen Harris will be homeported in Manama, Bahrain, and serve at U.S. Patrol Forces Southwest Asia. Adm. Linda Fagan, the vice commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, presided over the…