Mobile-based shipbuilder Austal USA and the U.S. Coast Guard came together Monday to celebrate work on a ship that represents a critical future for both parties – if they can overcome problems so ...

The stage 1 OPC shipbuilder–Eastern Shipbuilding Group–has experienced persistent challenges in completing construction of four ships. The Coast Guard terminated two of these ships in July 2025, and ...

A close-up of the tig weld that was placed during the Coast Guard Cutter Pickering (OPC 5) keel laying ceremony for the first Heritage-Class Offshore Patrol Cutter in Mobile, Alabama, Dec. 8, 2025. (U ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Austal USA has announced it is holding a keel laying ceremony December 8th for the U.S. Coast Guard’s Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter USCGC Pickering (OPC 919). Here is a ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Austal USA has a contract from the U.S. Coast Guard to build a second Offshore Patrol Cutter. According to a release from Austal USA, the $273 million option is part of a ...

BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – When the U.S. Coast Guard announced Eastern Shipbuilding Group would build the first of the new Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPC), it was Bay County’s biggest economic news in ...

"It's kind of indicative of the overall status of shipbuilding in this country — that it's extremely challenged," Shelby Oakley said.

(The Center Square) — Passage of the “Big, Beautiful Bill” this summer has provided a jolt to the U.S. Coast Guard‘s shipbuilding program as it seeks to replace most of its aging fleet. The service’s ...

According to an Austal USA news release, work just started on the Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter, Icarus, which is part of a contract to build up to 11 cutters that could bring in as much as $3 ...

Here is a portion of the release. Mobile, Ala. – Austal USA started construction on its second Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC), Icarus (WMSM 920). Like Pickering (WMSM 919), Icarus is ...

The Coast Guard authenticated the keel for the future Coast Guard Cutter Pickering during a ceremony Monday in Mobile, Alabama. Keel authentication is a time-honored shipbuilding tradition marking the ...