[CDATA[ */ These larger cutters are under control of Area Commands. dateFormat: format.toLowerCase(), PSIX VESSEL SEARCH Vessel Name: Primary Vessel Number: Hull Identification Number (HIN): Vessel Call Sign: ; Philly Shipyard, Inc. in Philadelphia, Pa.; and VT Halter Marine, Inc. in Pascagoula. A $1.1 million award went to Eastern, along with $2 million awards each to Austal USA in Mobile, Ala.; Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine; Bollinger Shipyards Lockport, LLC in Lockport, La. margin: 0 .07em !important; The Coast Guard and Eastern Shipbuilding Group commenced cutting steel for the first offshore patrol cutter (OPC), Argus, in Panama City, Florida, Jan. 7, 2019. These cutters have adequate accommodations for crew to live on board and can do 6 to 8 week patrols. The Coast Guard announced the first two cutters would be stationed at Coast Guard Base Los Angeles-Long Beach, Calif., with the second two set for Coast Guard Base Kodiak, Alaska. googletag.defineSlot('/21810829768/news_usni-site-sidebar_top', sidebarSizes, 'div-gpt-ad-1568641746161-0').defineSizeMapping(sidebarSizeMapping).addService(googletag.pubads()); googletag.pubads().collapseEmptyDivs(); changeMonth: true, beforeShow: function(input, inst) { $('#ui-datepicker-div').removeClass('show'); }, WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard announced the names of the first 11 offshore patrol cutters: Coast Guard Cutter Argus; Coast Guard Cutter Chase; Coast Guard Cutter Ingham; Coast Guard Cutter Pickering; Coast Guard Cutter Rush; Coast Guard Cutter Icarus; Coast Guard Cutter Active; Coast Guard Cutter Diligence; Coast Guard Cutter Alert; Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant }); var related_posts_js_options = {"post_heading":"h4"}; maxDate: new Date(d.getFullYear(), 12-1, 31), }); border: none !important; changeMonth: true, /* ]]> */ changeYear: false, addSize([1200, 0], [[300,250],[336,280],[728,90],[300,100],[320,50],[320,100],[468,60],[234,60],[120,240],[970,90]]). googletag.defineSlot('/21810829768/news_usni-site-top_leaderboard', [[234, 60], [728, 90], [300, 100], [300, 250], [120, 240], [320, 100], [320, 50], [970, 90], [468, 60], [336, 280]], 'div-gpt-ad-1559939771238-0').defineSizeMapping(topLeaderboardSizeMapping).addService(googletag.pubads()); The service has declared the OPC program the service’s top acquisition priority. AWESOME! }); Rendering of Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutter. Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS) Sector Columbia River. The Coast Guard has picked the homeport for the service’s first pair of Offshore Patrol Cutters on the East Coast, the service announced on Wednesday. build(); // vertical-align: -0.1em !important; The OPCs will conduct missions including law enforcement, drug and migrant interdiction, search and rescue, and other homeland security and defense operations. U.S. Coast Guard Office of Governmental & Public Affairs (CG-0922) 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. Bureau: United States Coast Guard (USCG) 4. Leonardo DRS, Inc. announced today that it will provide a second hybrid electric drive system for the U.S. Coast Guard’s next Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) under a contract from Eastern Shipbuilding. It has been that way for many, many years (decades). Coast Guard officials describe the OPC and PSC programs as the service’s highest acquisition priorities. } }); Mission Statement.
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