WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are frustrated about delays and cost overruns with the Coast Guard's polar security cutter program, which is years behind schedule and hundreds of millions of dollars over ...

Eastern Shipbuilding Group is on contract to build the first four offshore patrol cutters for the U.S. Coast Guard and is competing for the contract for the rest of the class. The first ship, Argus, ...

Argus (WMSM-915), the first ship of the heritage class of medium endurance offshore patrol cutters, enters the water during a christening ceremony in Panama City, Fla., Oct. 27, 2023. US Coast Guard ...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Eastern Shipbuilding Group announced on Friday that it is suspending work on its Offshore Patrol Cutter program. CEO Joey D’Isernia said the program suspension is due ...

Construction of the first offshore patrol cutter's bridge at the Eastern Shipbuilding Group shipyard in Panama City, Fla., on March 14, 2019. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Loumania ...

BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – Eastern Shipbuilding Group has confirmed the suspension of the Offshore Patrol Cutter Program – citing major financial strain tied to the project’s structure and conditions.

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Eastern Shipbuilding may not be building the rest of the Offshore Patrol Cutters for the Coast Guard. The announcement came Thursday afternoon. U.S. Senator Marco Rubio ...