Ingalls Shipbuilding delivered
Midgett to the U.S. Coast Guard on April 30, 2019. Immediately upon receipt, the Coast Guard placed the cutter in 'Commission Special'. A small ceremony was held on the
Midgett flight deck on May 1, 2019 which was attended by the crew of the cutter, USCG Project Resident Office Gulf Coast, and Ingalls Shipbuilding representatives. The cutter made her final sail-away from Ingalls Shipbuilding on June 11, 2019 and commenced her maiden voyage. In early July 2019 while transiting off of North Carolina,
Midgett conducted her first search and rescue operation when directed to assist a mariner on a disabled sailing vessel. On July 9, 2019, a 'Midgett Legacy Reception' was held onboard the cutter in Norfolk Virginia. Over 100 members of the extended Midgett family attended the event and toured the new ship. search & rescue plane and , sailing off
Diamond Head, Hawaii, August 2019 On July 25, 2019, during the vessel's transit to Honolulu,
Midgett seized more than 2,100 pounds of cocaine from a low-profile vessel in international waters in the Eastern Pacific. On July 31, 2019,
Midgett seized more than 4,600 pounds of cocaine from a second low-profile vessel, their second cocaine bust in five days.
Midgett arrived in her homeport of Honolulu for the first time on August 16, 2019. ==Commissioning==