USCGC Active (WMEC-618) is a United States Coast Guard medium endurance cutter.
Active's cruising range is 5,000 nautical miles (9,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h), designed with an operating endurance of about 30 days.
USCGC Active has received several awards in recent years for its outstanding service to the maritime community, including oil spill clean ups in Prince William Sound, Alaska during the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
Active was awarded the Special Operations Service Ribbon for the Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup in Prince William Sound, Alaska, participation in the Portland Rose Festival, the Coast Guard Bicentennial celebration at San Francisco Fleet Week in October 1992, and for the 1994 at sea apprehension of the motor vessel Jin Yinn No.
Active was awarded a Coast Guard Unit Commendation for exceptional meritorious service from 12 to 26 August 1997 for the interdiction of the motor vessel Lapas No.
In August 1998, Active participated in a cooperative counter-drug operation with Mexican authorities that resulted in the interdiction of the fishing vessel Lady Donna and the seizure of 2.55 metric tons of cocaine.