Coast Guard Struggling to Update Aging Fleet

Feuer Frei! · 08-22-11, 06:30 PM

Nearly a decade into a 25-year, $24.2 billion overhaul intended to add or upgrade more than 250 vessels to its aging fleet, the Coast Guard has two new ships to show after spending $7 billion-plus.Now it's facing an uphill battle persuading a budget-conscious Congress to keep pouring money into a project plagued by management problems and cost overruns.

By now the Coast Guard was supposed to have at least eight new ships - four 418-foot national security cutters and four 154-foot cutters - either in the water or about to be delivered. Instead it has only two of the largest ships already in use, with two ships more on the way.

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Feuer Frei! Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Valhalla Posts: 5,295 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 17	Coast Guard Struggling to Update Aging Fleet Nearly a decade into a 25-year, $24.2 billion overhaul intended to add or upgrade more than 250 vessels to its aging fleet, the Coast Guard has two new ships to show after spending $7 billion-plus.Now it's facing an uphill battle persuading a budget-conscious Congress to keep pouring money into a project plagued by management problems and cost overruns. By now the Coast Guard was supposed to have at least eight new ships - four 418-foot national security cutters and four 154-foot cutters - either in the water or about to be delivered. Instead it has only two of the largest ships already in use, with two ships more on the way. SOURCE __________________ "History is the lies that the victors agree on"- Napoleon LINK TO MY SH 3 MODS