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Taiwan Building Four 4,000 ton Cutters
Photo: CSBC Corporation BairdMaritime reports that Taiwan is building four 4,000 ton Coast Guard Cutters. Asian nations tend to use light displacement when reporting their ship size, so these may...
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“Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress” –CRS,...
Congressional Research Service has again updated their review of the Coast Guard’s Cutter acquisition programs. (Again only five days after the previous update) The changes reflect the Request for...
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Canada’s New Icebreaker, John G. Diefenbaker
Canadian Polar Icebreaker John G. Diefenbaker Some information from Canadian ship design agency VARD, on the planned Canadian polar icebreaker John G. Diefenbaker. The project is long delayed and...
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“Coast Guard releases draft statement of work for Offshore Patrol Cutter...
OPC “Placemat” The Acquisitions Directorate, CG-9, has issued a draft statement of work for Offshore Patrol Cutter Program Industry Studies. The deadline for comments is short. A draft statement of...
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Offshore Patrol Cutter Program Alternatives
Offshore Patrol Cutter port quarter I have been talking about the OPC for over nine years, and it is frustrating to see what appeared to be real progress toward impressive new ships come apart, but...
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New German Patrol Boat with Innovative Bow Form
German Customs 24 meter patrol boat. Photo by Jarek Jõepera Bairdmaritime reports delivery of three new 24 meter patrol boats designed and built for Germany’s Customs Agency. A unique aspect of the...
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“Davie to become Canada’s third National Shipbuilding Strategy strategic...
Canadian Polar Icebreaker John G. Diefenbaker To no one’s surprise MarineLog reports that Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon, Quebec, Canada’s largest shipyard, has been selected as the third shipyard partner...
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China’s Warship Construction. More Surface Warships Launched in 2019 than the...
Chinese warships launched in 2019. Earlier I noted that the Chinese seemed to be building an incredible number of warships. Found this chart of surface warships launched in 2019. I have been unable to...
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“Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress Updated...
The Congressional Research Service has again updated its look at cutter procurement. (Note, this link will take you to the latest version of the report and is subject to change with each update.)...
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For the Warship Geeks in the Group–China’s Type 055
Image Analysis of photo of Chinese shipyard showing multiple warships at various stages of … [+]H I Sutton, with permission from @LoongnavalThe US Naval War College Digital Commons has made available...
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“Spain seen joining Greece, France, Italy on European Patrol Corvette...
European Patrol Corvette, click on the diagram for a larger view. Defense News reports that it appears likely that four European countries and perhaps more will join forces to build a class of 3000 ton...
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“Coast Guard Polar Security Cutter (Polar Icebreaker) Program: Background and...
The Congressional Research Service has once again updated their report on the Polar Security Cutter. You can see the whole report here. I have reproduced the one page summary below. The entire report...
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“Coast Guard Awards Nine Contracts for Offshore Patrol Cutter Industry...
Interest in building follow-on Offshore Patrol Cutters is definitely alive and well. The Acquisitions Directorate, CG-9, has issued nine contracts for industry studies. All these contracts went to...
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“Wärtsilä to bring gate rudder technology to global market”–MarineLog
Evaluations of the innovative gate rudder assembly have shown improvements in both efficiency and maneuverability. (Image: copyright: Yamanaka Shipbuilding) Marine Log reports that, “Wärtsilä has...
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“Coast Guard Modifies Contract to Construct Second Offshore Patrol Cutter,...
Above: Artists rendering from Eastern Shipbuilding Group Contract for the Second Offshore Patrol Cutter, the future USCGC Chase, and long lead time items for the third. Presumably this is a contract...
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“Considerations for a Future Patrol Boat”–USNI
Photo: a Navy MkVI The April edition of U.S. Naval Institute Proceeding has a short article written by Coast Guard Lieutenants James Martin and Jasper Campbell discussing the recapitalization of the...
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FFG(X) Contract Goes to Marinette, NSC#12 Less Likely?
200430-N-NO101-150WASHINGTON (April 30, 2020) An artist rendering of the guided-missile frigate FFG(X). The new small surface combatant will have multi-mission capability to conduct air warfare,...
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“Guangzhou Wenchong Ship Factory to build new 10,000-ton cutter for China...
Drawing of future 10,000-ton cutter for China Maritime Safety Administration. (Picture source China Blog) NavyRecognition is reporting that China is building an over 10,000 ton cutter for their...
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“Launch of 600-ton catamaran-hull patrol vessel Anping CG601 for Taiwanese...
New patrol vessel Anping CG601 for the Taiwanese Coast Guard launched. (Picture source Jong Shyn Shipbuilding Group) NavyRecognition reports that, “…on April 28, 2020, the first 600-ton catamaran-hull...
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“Growing Missions, Shrinking Fleet”–USNI
The US Naval Institute has an argument in favor of funding National Security Cutter #12 The author talks about the shortage of ships both because of the failure of the crew rotation concept and...
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