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A Billion Dollar, Once in a Lifetime Opportunity
I have been reading over Congressional Research Service’s Specialist in Naval Affairs Ronald O’Rourke’s prepared statement before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Coast Guard...
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Document Alert: Cutter Procurement–Another Report to Congress
Once again, the Congressional Research Service’s Ronald O’Rourke has revised his “Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress” with the new edition issued April 15. This has got...
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Senate Homeland Security Appropriations–Plus Up
MarineLog is reporting: The homeland security measure provides $10.4 billion for the d Coast Guard, an increase of $292 million above the FY2017 requested level. “This level supports a robust USCG...
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China Coast Guard Cutter Built on Frigate Hull
China Defense Blog is reporting the Chinese Coast Guard is getting at least one cutter based on the same hull used for the Type 054 frigate. I have to believe there will be several more. The Type 054...
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FY2017 Budget
It is still a long way from being a law, but you can see the bill as it currently stands here. I would like to note that while the FY2017 budget bill includes $95M for long lead time materials for...
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New S. Korean Cutter
Jane’s 360 is reporting that the S. Korean Coast Guard has commissioned their largest and most heavily armed cutter. Lee Chung-ho has a length of 150.5 m, a beam of 16.5 m, a loaded displacement of...
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Russia’s New Nuclear Icebreaker, Largest, Most Powerful
NPR has some photos of the launching of Russia’s as yet uncompleted, 568 foot long nuclear powered icebreaker. which will be the largest and most powerful icebreaker in the world. The NPR story...
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Innovation for Inland Tenders
Photo: BAE systems We don’t hear about it often, but the Coast Guard also needs to recapitalize its inland fleet, WLI, WLIC, and WLRs. There are 35 of these. One entered service in 1944, another in...
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Commandant’s Strategic Intent, Mid-Term Report
Procurement of 14 C-27J aircraft was one of the achievements sited. C-27Js replace C-130s at CGAS Sacramento. The Commandant has issued a mid-term update on his earlier published “Strategic Intent,...
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Will the Navy Be Funding and Managing Our Next Icebreaker Procurement?
Azipods, state of the art propulsion technology for icebreakers. The Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee has proposed that $1B be added to the Navy’s shipbuilding budget for the construction...
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Australian Designed Catamaran Patrol Boat for Royal Thai Police
MarineLink reports the delivery of two locally built catamaran patrol boats to the Royal Thai Police, based on an earlier Australian designed vessel. Length Overall: 86’ / 26.2m Max Speed: 34 knots...
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Polar Icebreaker Operational Requirements Document, Industry Version
If you would like to take a look at the Operational Requirements Document (ORD) for the proposed polar icebreaker (PIB in the document), you can find it here (pdf). (Sorry I did not publish this...
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New South Korean Patrol Craft
An artist rendering of South Korea’s new Chamsuri-211 fast patrol boat (Credit: Yonhap) NavyRecognition is reporting the South Korean Navy will be getting the first of a new class of Patrol Craft in...
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Chile Christens Its Forth 80 meter OPV
On of our most popular posts has been “Three Nations Share German OPV Design” written by Andrés Tavolari, a lawyer, and Chilean Marine Reserve Officer. Andrés has written to say that Chile will...
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China to Build Nuclear Icebreaker, Ready in 2018
Maritime Executive is reporting China will build a nuclear powered Polar Icebreaker. “The vessel will feature higher ice capabilities, better research capabilities and be more comfortable and...
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Mexican Navy OPVs
NavalToday reports the Launch of the sixth and last Offshore Patrol Vessel of the Oaxaca Class, the ARM (Armada Republica Mexicana) Hidalgo, for the Mexican Navy. These ships were designed and built...
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Canada’s Coast Guard, Same Song, Different Accent
CBC reports that the Canadian Coast Guard is in bad shape. Their ships are old. Increased maintenance is eating into their budget and restricting asset availablity. Their new Polar Icebreaker is still...
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OPC–Eastern Wins the Contract
The second photo is a more recent concept rendering The Coast Guard’s Acquisitions Directorate (CG-9) is reporting Eastern Shipbuilding Group has been awarded the contract for detail design and...
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China Acknowledges Building Cutter to be Upgraded to Frigate in Crisis
The National Interest reports that the Chinese have openly acknowledged that their newest Coast Guard cutter is being built with provision for upgrading to frigate status should a need arise. Moreover...
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Navy Boosts Target Fleet Size to 355. What is the CG Target?
The Coast Guard might learn something from the way the Navy plows the ground ahead of their budget requests. The Navy creates a “Force Structure Assessment” and from this, they derive a 30 year ship...
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