Mare Island Dry Dock filed for bankruptcy on 14 February to reorganize while pursuing a sale or partnership, after losing the USCG Healy maintenance contract and reducing staffing in December.
Liberia-registered tanker Horten and U.S. Coast Guard watchstanders rescue Belgian rower Benoit Bourguet after rogue waves overturn his boat City of Liverpool in 13–15 ft seas over 1,100 miles from Puerto Rico.
U.S. Coast Guard heavy icebreaker Polar Star marks 50 years of service on its latest Operation Deep Freeze deployment, cutting channels through Antarctic ice for supply ships.
Efforts to suppress a deep-seated fire aboard the One Henry Hudson continue off the Port of Los Angeles. Firefighting teams, including the U.S. Coast Guard, are monitoring air quality and cooling the vessel.
Eastern Shipbuilding Group has suspended work on two U.S. Coast Guard offshore patrol vessels due to heavy financial pressure. The halt follows years of program restructuring, schedule delays, and a shift of OPV construction to Austal USA.
The U.S. Coast Guard detected and monitored the Russian intelligence ship Kareliya about 15 nautical miles south of Oahu on 29 October, deploying an aircraft and cutter to conduct a safe overflight and monitor its activities near U.S. territorial waters.
