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How much would it cost to weaponize a cutter?
Photo: Sigma 10514 in Mexican Navy configuration, fitted with a BAE Systems Bofors 57Mk3 57mm main guna 12.7mm remote weapon system right behind it. The Mexican Navy opted for the Smart Mk2 radar by...
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Report to Congress on U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Procurement, 23 May 2018
OPC “Placemat” Mr. O’Rourke has been busy, in addition to the report on Icebreakers, the latest edition of the Congressional Research Service report on Coast Guard Cutter Procurement, also by Ronald...
View ArticleA Conversation with Admiral Karl Schultz, Commandant of the U.S. Coast...
CSIS and the United States Naval Institute (USNI) conduct an interview with Admiral Karl L. Schultz, the 26th Commandant of the United States Coast Guard, conducted 1 August, 2018. Below I will...
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Chinese SAR Trimaran
Photo from china-defense.blogspot.com The China Defense Blog brings us some more pictures of the Chinese Navy’s trimaran rescue vessel. Earlier posts here, here, and here. Sorry, still have not seen...
View ArticleUpdate on Coast Guard Acquisition Programs and Mission Balance and...
This is not going to flow well, I apologized for the mishmash. The video above is of a House Sub-Committee hearing that occurred on July 24. I think it is still worth a look. The video does not...
View ArticleHearing: “Review of Recent GAO Reports on Icebreaker Acquisition and the Need...
Note: Apparently as a result of the Government Shutdown, links to the House of Representative’s Website that have been included in this are no longer available and once you get their error message you...
View ArticleSurface Navy Association 2019 –Virtual Attendance
Like many of you, I was unable to attend the Surface Navy Association Conference, but I did find a number of videos which may provide some of the information that would have been available there. The...
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“New Missions Push Old Coast Guard Assets To The Brink”–Forbes
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bruckenthal participates in a fueling exercise with the Coast Guard Cutter Campbell on the Chesapeake Bay, April 11, 2020. The Coast Guard acquired the first Sentinel...
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“A Sea Service Gone Ashore”–USNI
The crew of USCGC Kimball (WMSL 756) arrive in Honolulu for the first time Dec. 22, 2018. Known as the Legend-class, NSCs are designed to be the flagships of the Coast Guard’s fleet, capable of...
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Major Cutter Homeports
“Coast Guard Cutter Forward and Coast Guard Cutter Bear, homeported in Portsmouth, Virginia, finish an at-sea transfer while underway on a two-month patrol. Coast Guard Cutter Forward returned to...
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