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Friday, November 15, 2013

Without submarine escort duty, local Coast Guard downsized

USS ProvidenceNow that it is no longer responsible for escorting submarines, Coast Guard Station New London will lose nearly a quarter of the jobs assigned there.

While there has been no discussion of closing the station, 14 of its 62 positions, known as billets, will be dispersed to other stations throughout the country, Lt. Joe Klinker, spokesman for the First Coast Guard District in Boston, said.

The station also will lose one of its response boats as the number of vessels throughout the district decreases from 118 to 97. The Coast Guard is in the process of minimizing the number of boats and boat types at each individual unit.

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