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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Coast Guard Embarks on Its Costliest Ship Buying Program

USCGS BertholfThe Coast Guard has one piece remaining in its long effort to modernize its aircraft and ships: the offshore patrol cutter.

The Coast Guard’s fifth national security cutter left its construction birth in Pascagoula, Mississippi, in early May and is expected to be delivered to the service next year.

That came only months after the Obama administration put in its 2015 budget request money to build the final NSC of the eight-ship fleet. Meanwhile, a shipyard in Louisiana continues to turn out several fast response cutters per year.

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