USCGC BEAR (WMEC 901) is a 270-foot, medium endurance cutter homeported in one of America’s Coast Guard cities, Portsmouth, Virginia! BEAR has served the American public diligently since its commissioning in 1983.

USCGC Bear (WMEC-901) is a United States Coast Guard medium endurance cutter. She was laid down August 23, 1979 and launched September 25, 1980 by the Tacoma Boatbuilding Company of Tacoma, Washington.

Through over five decades of US government service, the venerable vessel BEAR was repeatedly summoned to sail through frontiers and change the course of history for those in its wake.

USCGC BEAR (WMEC 901) is based in Portsmouth, VA. The Hampton Roads area is rich with family living that boasts a very active military community. The Hampton Roads area is comprised of several counties and cities in Virginia and North Carolina, including Portsmouth, Norfolk, Suffolk, Chesapeake, and Virginia Beach.

2023年12月1日 · Bear is a 270-foot, Famous-class medium endurance cutter. The cutter’s primary missions are counterdrug operations, migrant interdiction, enforcement of federal fishery laws, and search and rescue in support of U.S. Coast Guard operations throughout the …

2024年5月17日 · While only one of the Bear’s 27 captains during its 89 years of meritorious service, ‘Roaring Mike’ Healy served as Captain of the Bear from 1886-1895, and his legacy is most closely tied to the Bear’s. Many of the other captains and officers who served on the Bear have become iconic names in U.S. Coast Guard history …

2023年6月22日 · – The USCGC Bear (WMEC 910) returned home to Coast Guard Base Portsmouth, Thursday, following a 65-day Caribbean Sea patrol. While underway in the Seventh Coast Guard District’s area of responsibility and in support of Joint Interagency Task Force–South, Bear conducted six counterdrug interdictions and seized a total of 8,558 pounds of ...

2023年2月15日 · PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of the USCGC Bear (WMEC 901) returned to their homeport in Portsmouth Wednesday after completing a 60-day deployment in the Florida Straits and Windward Passage. Bear’s crew supported Homeland Security Task Force – Southeast and Operation Vigilant Sentry in the Coast Guard’s Seventh District area of operations.

BEAR is the first of thirteen Famous Class 270-foot medium endurance cutters. BEAR is capable of conducting several different missions, including search and rescue, alien migrant interdiction, counterdrug, fisheries enforcement, and international engagement -- illustrating the versatile, multi-mission character of the Coast Guard and the cutter ...

2023年12月2日 · Bear is a 270-foot, Famous-class medium endurance cutter. The cutter’s primary missions are counterdrug operations, migrant interdiction, enforcement of federal fishery laws, and search and...