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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FIREWALL · 08-22-11, 10:15 PM

They, the CoastGuard wil,l get short-sheeted by Congress.

But any Big Campaign contributor holding their hat out for a bailout, the money will pour out like water out of a faucet.

Compare the two and, who has proven themselves.

nikimcbee · 08-23-11, 12:23 AM

Any Coasties around here?

Kazuaki Shimazaki II · 08-23-11, 04:00 AM

No wonder they don't get priority. The US can get a carrier and most of its air wing for that kind of money...

papa_smurf · 08-23-11, 05:03 AM

And I thought the Royal Navy got shafted regarding the new carriers.

08-22-11, 06:30 PM	#1
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

08-22-11, 10:15 PM	#2
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	They, the CoastGuard wil,l get short-sheeted by Congress. But any Big Campaign contributor holding their hat out for a bailout, the money will pour out like water out of a faucet. Compare the two and, who has proven themselves. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

08-23-11, 12:23 AM	#3
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Any Coasties around here? __________________

08-23-11, 04:00 AM	#4
Kazuaki Shimazaki II Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,140 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	7 billion for TWO patrol cutters? No wonder they don't get priority. The US can get a carrier and most of its air wing for that kind of money...

08-23-11, 05:03 AM	#5
papa_smurf Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2,851 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	And I thought the Royal Navy got shafted regarding the new carriers. __________________