united states coast guard

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2021/04/28/us-coast-guard-decommissions-storied-cutter-in-alaska/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Douglas_Munro_(WHEC-724) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Albert_Munro

In the post-war years, the U.S. Coast Guard wished to explore new concepts for sea rescue. Two studies emerged: A glider-borne lifeboat which may be launched from water or land, and towed by powered aircraft to survivors of overseas airline crashed and marine casualties; A twin-rotor...

This thread is effectively a relaunch of the "Fictional Never-Were" thread from Warship Projects 3.0. It covers fictional warships in novels such as: USS John F Kennedy (BCGN-???) (Joe Poyer: North Cape, 1969) First up... John Watson: The Final Act, 2000 Germany Hindenburg Bismark Class...

Via Dominique over at MilitaryPhotos.net:

Video of United States Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) concept by Vigor Industrial featuring an Ulstein X-bow. http://youtu.be/gdxQjfQpuoM Artist's impression of USCG Offshore Patrol Cutter by Vigor Industrial. Source: http://vigorindustrial.com/services/offshore-patrol-cutters-more

Does anybody happen to know what became of the Bell "Eagle Eye" tilt rotor UAV? The USCG has put the program on hold...any other customers (I´ve heard that the USMC was interested in this design at some time). Or has the whole project been cancelled? Anybody who´s got the empty and gross weight...

Hoping to stir upr some discussions (and undigging of half-forgotten infos) I post the Grumman projects list found in the Francillon's book (Putnam-Naval Insitute) on Grumman Corporation. As it's very well explained in the opening remarks, it is complete till G-128 and after veeeeery sketchy (to...