The cutter didn’t make much of a splash on eBay. Born as a Navy salvage ship in 1943, U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Acushnet had been retired in 2011 as the “Queen of the Fleet” – the oldest cutter in ...

The retired scallop processor resting on the seafloor west of the Guemes Island Ferry slip was once known as the Queen of Alaska’s state ferry fleet. Meanwhile, a former Navy rescue-ship-turned-Coast ...

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ACUSHNET -- A new bell tolls at the Long Plain Museum in Acushnet -- a new old bell. The 99-pound bronze bell once rang aboard the Coast Guard cutter Acushnet and it was recently donated to the museum ...

KETCHIKAN-- The Coast Guard Cutter Acushnet will be decommissioned in Ketchikan on Friday, concluding 67 years of service that began in 1944 when the U.S. Navy first commissioned the ship as the USS ...

A one-time "Queen of the Fleet" for the U.S. Coast Guard may find a permanent home in the Twin Ports, if a local fundraising effort is successful. The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Acushnet was the last ...

BISMARCK -- A 56-year-old man has been apprehended in North Dakota and stands accused of bilking a Virginia woman out of more than $1 million, including $600,825 to buy retired U.S. Coast Guard cutter ...

ACUSHNET -- The Long Plain Museum opens again June 5 and will celebrate the new season with its acquisition of the 99-pound solid bronze ship's bell from the Coast Guard reserve cutter Acushnet which ...

The last World War II warship still in government service will soon be decommissioned. The Coast Guard Cutter Acushnet, at Ketchikan, Alaska, will round out her service later this year. She started ...