Taiwan Coast Guard Receives First 4,000-ton Patrol Vessel Our Bureau 1879
Taiwan s President Tsai Ing-wen launches Hsinchu Chiayi-class vessel.
The Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration (CGA) received a 4000-ton class Chiayi-class patrol vessel, its largest ship till date, on Thursday.
While the coast guard took delivery of Chiayi (CG5001), another vessel of the same class Hsinchu (CG5002), was launched.
“In Kaohsiung today to witness the delivery of the Chiayi & the launch of the Hsinchu, two new 4000-ton Coast Guard patrol vessels. These ships mark a big step forward for Taiwan s shipbuilding industry & show our determination to secure our waters,” President Tsai Ing-wen tweeted.
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Schultz: Coast Guard Units Remain in High Demand as Forces Stretches to Meet Needs
March 15, 2021 2:40 PM
Adm. Karl Schultz, the commandant of the Coast Guard, speaks during the 2021 State of the Coast Guard Address in San Diego March 11, 2021. US Coast Guard Photo
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Coast Guard remains in big demand at home and overseas as it continues to modernize the service and develop its force, the service’s top officer said in an annual address last week.
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Top Stories 2020: U.S. Coast Guard
January 4, 2021 7:05 AM
An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew based out of Air Station Kodiak and deployed aboard Cutter Alex Haley, prepares for a helicopter in-flight refueling at sea evolution with the cutter crew during a search and rescue case near Dutch Harbor, Alaska, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. US Coast Guard Photo
This post is part of a series of stories looking back at the top naval news from 2020.
This year saw the Coast Guard conducting numerous counter-drug operations as the Trump administration increased its focus on anti-drug missions in U.S. Southern Command.
As each service grappled with how to handle the coronavirus pandemic, the Coast Guard continued its narcotics seizures in U.S. Southern Command.
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New U.S. Maritime Strategy Sets Sights on China
December 17, 2020 8:38 AM
The U.S. Coast Guard Legend-class cutter USCGC Stratton (WMSL 752), left, and the U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85) maneuver into formation during Talisman Sabre 2019. US Navy photo.
The Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard released their clearest argument yet for what they need to do to be prepared to take on China – not in a hypothetical future scenario, but in the day-to-day competition happening now on the seas.
The chief of naval operations and the commandants of the Marine Corps and Coast Guard signed a tri-service maritime strategy –