The U.S. Coast Guard has published new guidance setting forth its interpretation of when a vessel’s keel is considered laid and building progression standards to determine what may be accepted in ...
May 20 (UPI) --The keel for the future guided-missile destroyer USS Quentin Walsh was officially laid Tuesday in a ceremony at Bath Iron Works in Maine. It is the first time an Arleigh Burke-class ...
The Coast Guard authenticated the keel for the future Coast Guard Cutter Pickering during a ceremony Monday in Mobile, Alabama. Keel authentication is a time-honored shipbuilding tradition marking the ...
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Austal USA has announced it is holding a keel laying ceremony December 8th for the U.S. Coast Guard’s Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter USCGC Pickering (OPC 919). Here is a ...
The Finnish Border Guard, Meyer Turku, Baltic Operator and Bureau Veritas project teams (Credit: Meyer Turku) The Finnish Border Guard’s Project Manager Marko Aheristo and Meyer Turku’s Project ...
A close-up of the tig weld that was placed during the Coast Guard Cutter Pickering (OPC 5) keel laying ceremony for the first Heritage-Class Offshore Patrol Cutter in Mobile, Alabama, Dec. 8, 2025. (U ...