USCGC James (WMSL-754) is the fifth Legend-class cutter Length 418 ft (127 m) Height 140 ft (43 m) Armament Armor Aircraft carried Aviation facilities 2 SRBOC/ 2 x NULKA countermeasures chaff/rapid decoy launcher 1 x MK 110 57mm gun a variant of the Bofors 57 mm gun and Gunfire Control System | Richard LeBel

🚨 New Cutter. Bold Mission. USCGC Calhoun (WMSL 759) makes her Fleet Week NYC debut — the newest Legend-class cutter, built for high-stakes ops from open ocean to urban coastline. The Coast Guard is in the fight. #FleetWeek #USCGCalhoun #USCoastGuard #FWNY #FleetWeek2025 #AlwaysReady | All Hands Magazine

🌊⚓️ Life aboard a U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter is anything but ordinary—especially on a high-stakes counter-drug patrol ❄️❌ From sunrise to sunset, our crews stand the watch, scanning the horizon for threats, launching small boats and aircraft to interdict drug traffickers, and keeping billions of dollars in illegal narcotics off our streets. Every crewmember plays a part—from engineers keeping the ship mission-ready, to lookouts spotting suspicious vessels, to law enforcement team

#ICYMI here are some video highlights from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mellon's (WHEC 717) decommissioning ceremony held Thursday on Coast Guard Base Seattle and presided over by Rear Adm. Peter Gautier, the deputy commander of the U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area! Mellon was one of the Coast Guard's two remaining 378-foot Hamilton-class high endurance cutters. The fleet of high endurance cutters is being replaced by 418-foot Legend-class national security cutters, which serve as the Coast Guard's