Cutter Melvin Bell sails into Sector Key West in November 2023 for acceptance as the Coast Guard’s 55th fast response cutter. It will be homeported in Boston. U.S. Coast Guard photograph.
The Coast Guard is seeking candidates that can provide long-range persistent maritime surveillance as a service for its command centers to help in executing missions.
The areas of interest for the maritime domain awareness service are in U.S. territorial waters…