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India Builds a Buoy Tender
India’s new buoy tender looks very different from those the USCG uses, looking more like an Offshore Support Vessel. Take a look at this report from Bairdmaritime. Maybe they are on to something. The...
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China’s New Destroyer (Cruiser Really)
Photo from Naval Open Source INTelligence If there was any doubt that the Chinese intend to build a Blue Water fleet this 12,000 ton destroyer should dispel any doubts. It is larger the any of the...
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Document Alert–Coast Guard Cutter Procurement
USNI news service has posted a copy of the Congressional Research Services latest take on the Coast Guard Vessel recapitalization program, “Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for...
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Australia to Build OPVs
Australia has been talking about getting new ships for sometime, but recently they announced a policy of “continuous shipbuilding” in an effort to maintain a domestic warship building capability....
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“Commandant Sees Bright Future for Coast Guard Acquisition Programs”
National Defense Magazine reports that the Commandant, while addressing the National Press Club on August 5, made some remarkably positive statements about his expectations for the coming budget year....
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Canadian Seapower, Bottoming Out
A good review of the state of the Canadian Navy and Coast Guard, including their icebreakers and patrol ships. In some ways, they may be worse off than the USCG.
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Israel Builds an OPC with a Difference
NavyRecognition has some more details about the four 90 meter, 2,000 ton OPV/Corvettes Israel ordered on 22 Dec.2014 that we talked about earlier. Feeling more immediate threats than the US, Israel’s...
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Low Noise Patrol Boat
Bairdmaritime reports the Norway has received some new patrol boats (interceptors) that I find remarkable both for their speed (up to 50 knots) and for their quiet operating environments. “We are...
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Taiwan Commissioned Two WHECs
Photo: Yilan (CG 128). (Taiwan Coast Guard Administration) I mentioned this earlier in a comment on an earlier post, but Jane’s has more detail and much better pictures. Back on June 8, Janes 360...
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New Sail Training Ship for Vietnam
From the German Navy blog “Marine Forum,” 28 August, “VIETNAM, Full-rigged sail training vessel LE QUY DON, built by Polish shipyard Marine Projects for the Vietnamese Navy, is on its transfer voyage...
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President Calls for More Icebreakers
The New York Times is reporting that, in a Speech today, the President will call for new icebreakers for the Coast Guard including accelerating the one currently planned and for additional icebreakers...
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MEKO Energy Saving Hull
The new MEKO A-100 design unveiled at MSPO 2015. The variant shown here is the Mine Counter Measures (MCM) one. NavyRecognition is reporting that the German ship builder ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems...
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French Building OPVs
NavyRecognition reports the French have contracted for two OPVs with an option for two more. In several respects, these ships are very different from most OPVs and particularly the Coast Guard’s...
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Hull Vane on an OPV
This is a company promotional, so it must be approached with some skepticism, but if the results are anywhere close to those claimed it looks like it is worth considering. This is the results of a...
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Poland looking for OPCs
Rolls Royce proposal Poland is planning some ships that have many similarities to the Offshore Patrol Cutters. We have talked about these a little already, in the context of an unconventional hull...
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Ramblings on the Russian Naval Attack on Syria
You have probably heard that Four Russian naval vessels based in the Caspian Sea have launched 26 missiles against targets in Syria. This attack demonstrates a capability similar to that of the US...
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“Opinion: Coast Guard Budget Reductions Puts U.S. at Risk”–USNI
The US Naval Institute has a nice opinion piece by a retired Navy Rear Admiral, advocating restoration of funding cut from the Coast Guard budget over the last few years, and not incidentally greater...
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Sail Training Ship for Algeria
The German Navy Blog, Marine Forum, reports, “7 November, ALGERIA, Polish Gdansk Shipyard launches newly-built sail training vessel EL-MELLAH … regarded as „the largest (110m x 14.5m, 3,000 sqm sails)...
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Azerbeijan CG’s New WPC and WPB
Photo: Azerbaijan Coast Guard’s first Saar 62. Source: President’s Office, Azerbaijan We have talked about these before, but now we have more details, particularly about how they are equipped. Janes...
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Michigan Senators Push for Another Great Lakes Icebreaker
MarineLog reports that both Senators from Michigan have requested “Robust” funding for a “Heavy Icebreaker” for the Great Lakes. OK they called the Mackinaw a heavy icebreaker, and we know it really...
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