Story by Chief Petty Officer Sara Muir | U.S. Coast Guard Oceania | 03.19.2018
Patrol boats are synonymous with the Coast Guard. The Island Class patrol boats were first introduced in 1985 to replace the Cape Class. Those vessels were originally developed as a surface warfare boat and as a replacement for their aging predecessor, the World War II vintage wooden 83-foot patrol boats used mostly for search and rescue duties. The Island Class are a modification of a highly......
Story by Chief Petty Officer Sara Muir | U.S. Coast Guard Oceania | 10.12.2017
APRA HARBOR, Guam — Lt. Evin Moses took the helm from Lt. George Shepherd as commanding officer of Coast Guard Cutter Kiska (WPB 1336) during a change of command ceremony at Naval Base Guam, Friday....
Story by Chief Petty Officer Sara Muir | U.S. Coast Guard Oceania | 04.21.2016
HONOLULU — The crew of the USCGC Kiska (WPB 1336) returned to home port in Hilo last week after a particularly challenging living marine resources patrol due to weather....
Story by Chief Petty Officer Sara Muir | U.S. Coast Guard Oceania | 03.09.2016
HONOLULU — A joint patrol effort between the crew of the USCGC Galveston Island (WPB 1349), a 110-foot patrol boat homeported in Honolulu, and NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement in early March identified two potential cases of illegal fishing in the Pacific Ocean....
