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Tenth Webber Class WPC, Raymond Evans, Delivered
Some progress on recapitalization. MarineLog is reporting delivery of the tenth Webber class WPC (Fast Response Cutter) named for Raymond Evans. Evans was with Munro when largely Coast Guard manned...
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New Tasking in the Pacific
Nationalgeographic.com is reporting that the US will extend the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument to 200 nautical miles off shore, from almost 87,000 square miles (225,000 square...
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Six More Webber Class from Bollinger
USCGC Kathleen Moore (WPC-1109) MarineLog is reporting the Coast Guard has exercised a $255.1M option for six more Webber Class WPCs plus spares with Bollinger bringing to 30 the total number ordered...
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Antarctic Land Rush?
Photo credit: CIA DefenseNews reports on the growing South American interest in Antarctica and the proliferation of polar ships that support these interests. The increased interest is fueled by...
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Other “Coast Guards'” New Ships and Early Disposals
Some news on fleet changes in the UK and New Zealand Navies with regard to their ships that do Coast Guard type work. The Brits are building three new offshore patrol vessels. They will be built...
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Azerbaijan Coast Guard to Get 6 OPVs and 6 WPBs
Sa’ar 62 OPV Janes is reporting the Azerbaijan Coast Guard is procuring twelve new Israeli designed vessels to be built in Azerbaijan. These include six 62 meter OPVs (203 foot, the Greek ships of...
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Singapore Builds “Cutter X”
Singapore is building a new class of patrol vessels that look very much like my proposal for “Cutter X”, trading some Webber class and some larger ships for an intermediate design, costing about half...
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Document Alert, Western Hemisphere Stategy
Coast Guard Compass has reported the release of the “Coast Guard Western Hemisphere Strategy.” I have only made a very cursory scan. At this point I will only note that one thing I frequently see in...
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Sonar Systems for Vessels as Small as Webber Class WPCs
Photo credit: NavyRecognition. Thales CAPTAS 1 As expected, the EuroNaval 2014 trade show is offering some interesting products. This one might be of interest if the Coast Guard ever decides to get...
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Philippine CG to Get an “MEC” and Four “PBs” from France
Janes360 is reporting that the Philippine Coast Guard has inked a 90M Euro ($113M) deal for the purchase of five vessels. One is to be an 82/83 meter (270 foot) aluminum hulled patrol vessel and the...
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US to Sell 8 “Global Response Cutters” (FRC-A?) to Pakistan. Webber Alternative?
Pakistan’s “TheNews” is reporting, “The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Pakistan for GRC43M Cutters and associated equipment parts training and...
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“The Fleet we Have, Want, and Need – with Jerry Hendrix,” Midrats
Sunday there will be a streaming live interview that some of you might find interesting. It is on a podcast called Midrats. There is an opportunity to contribute to the discussion both by phone and...
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Lobbying Congress and the Administration
Would like to call attention to something retired Navy and Marine Corp flag officers are doing to lobby for better funding for the Navy. It is a letter signed by 95 retired flag officers. Perhaps it...
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Protecting the Exclusive Economic Zone–CIMSEC
CIMSEC is taking a week to look at Ship Design and one of their first posts deals with Offshore Patrol Vessels. It is a two parter. You can read it here and here. The posts include an extensive...
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China Builds Cutter X for Nigeria
Photo credit: NavyRecognition, Model of the P18N OPV on the CSOC stand during AAD 2014. Click to enlarge. NavyRecognition reports delivery of another cutter similar in concept to Cutter X. This time...
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Canada Issues RFP for 62 foot Motor Surf Boat
The MarineLog has reported that Canada has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for seven 19 meter motor lifeboats, with an option for three more.
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Polar Code
gCaptain has a short post with an info-graphic depicting the requirements of the recently adopted IMO Polar Code. It all looks like common sense.
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Monster Offshore Facility
The New York Times calls it, “The Biggest Ship in the World (Though It Isn’t Exactly a Ship)” “It’s called Prelude, and it’s bigger than big. More than 530 yards long and 80 yards wide, it was...
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Special Operations Command, Combatant Craft, Medium
Navy Recognition has a story on the Navy’s planned 60 foot “Combatant Craft, Medium” or CCM. Characteristics as follows: CCM Mk1 main characteristics (as provided by USSOCOM): Length: approximately...
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Taiwan builds a Very Different Cutter X
Always nice to see what others are doing. We have talked about a cutter X before, that is, a cutter larger than the Webber class, but smaller than the Offshore Patrol Cutter, that would allow more...
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